Barela v. State

OPINION

Appellant was indicted in Arizona for armed robbery, two counts of aggravated assault, and two counts of attempted first-degree murder, all stemming from a 1999 hotel robbery during which appellant robbed two victims and then shot each in the neck. The victims sustained serious injuries, but survived. Appellant signed a “stipulated guilty plea” by which he agreed, in exchange for the dismissal of the remaining charges, to plead guilty to two counts of the lesser-included offense of attempted second-degree murder and waive his right to appeal the sentence or judgment. The Arizona trial…