State v. Villatoro

STROUD, Judge.

Defendant appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea. The dispositive issue before this Court is “whether [defendant] showed fair and just reasons for granting his presentence motion to withdraw his pleas of guilty to two counts of first degree kidnapping[.]” For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court’s denial of his motion.

I. Background

On 25 April 2005, pursuant to a plea agreement defendant stipulated to facts summarized by the State upon entry of the plea as follows:

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