People v. Sickich

Opinion by

Judge CRISWELL.

Defendant, Robert David Sickieh, appeals the trial court’s denial of his Crim.P. 35(c) motion to vacate the judgment and permit him to withdraw his guilty plea to murder. We affirm.

During the execution of a warrant at his home, defendant shot and killed a deputy sheriff. In the ensuing gun battle with other law enforcement officers, defendant suffered wounds that rendered him paraplegic. Thereafter, he was housed in the jail infirmary-

Following a preliminary hearing, defendant agreed to plead guilty to first degree murder in return for dismissal of the remaining…