State v. Yarnall

¶1 Derek William Yarnall pled guilty to one count of Mitigated Deliberate Homicide pursuant to a plea agreement, and was sentenced to the custody of the Director of the Department of Public Health and Human Services (“DPHHS”) to be placed in a correctional or mental health facility for a period of forty years. He later moved to withdraw his guilty plea and have the charges against him dismissed on the grounds that a subsequent Opinion from this Court interpreted a statute applicable to his case in a way that would change the outcome of his case. The District Court denied his Motion to…