State v. Saenz

Memorandum Decision

GREENWOOD, Senior Judge:

'I 1 Jesse Saenz appeals his sentence, arguing that the trial court abused its discretion when it denied his motion to withdraw his guilty plea, which he filed after imposition of sentence. We affirm.

T2 Saenz followed H.M. after they both got off a bus; broke her cell phone as she was dialing 911; and brutally beat, raped, and sodomized her after dragging her by the hair across the street behind some bushes. Bystanders heard H.M. screaming-despite Saenz's warning that he would kill her if she screamed-and called the police. Saenz stopped his attack…