State v. DeRosia

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Hunt, J.

— David DeRosia appeals his Alford1 plea conviction for second degree felony murder predicated on second degree child assault. He argues that In re Personal *141Restraint of Andress2 compels vacation of his conviction and withdrawal of his plea. The State counters that State v. Majors3 binds DeRosia to his guilty plea, notwithstanding Andress’s subsequent change to Washington’s felony murder law.

¶2 Because DeRosia’s Alford plea neither conferred a benefit on him nor recited a factual basis to support a lesser included offense conviction, we hold that (1) Majors does not apply, and (2)…