State v. Vasquez-Aerreola

Annabelle Clinton Imber, Justice.

The trial court accepted the appellant’s guilty plea to four charges over the State’s objection, and dismissed the fifth charge contained in the information for lack of a factual basis. We reverse and remand, finding that the trial court lacked the authority to take this course of action.

On May 15, 1996, the Washington County prosecuting attorney filed a five-count felony information against the appellant, Jose Luis Vasquez-Aerreola. Counts one through four accused Vasquez-Aerreola of delivery of methamphetamine. These charges involved differing quantities of…