State v. Torres

The defendant was indicted for the first-degree murder of William Maxson, whose mutilated body was found on March 23, 1978. His case was set for trial on January 17, 1979, at which time he presented to the Court (DiClerico, J.) a waiver of indictment for second-degree murder, to which he wished to plead guilty under a plea agreement, together with a plea of guilty to an unrelated burglary charge. The second-degree murder waiver alleged that the defendant had recklessly caused the death of William Maxson under circumstances manifesting an extreme indifference to the value of human life by…