State v. Diehl

VERGERÓNT, J.

Earl Diehl appeals from judgments convicting him of five criminal offenses and orders denying his motions to withdraw his no contest pleas to each of the offenses. Diehl pleaded no contest to each of the offenses at a consolidated plea hearing. Diehl's argument on appeal centers on the oral amendment to the information made in one of the cases at the plea hearing. The oral amendment, agreed to by Diehl at the plea hearing, substituted a misdemeanor bail jumping charge for another charge. According to Diehl, the amended charge was "legally ineffective" because it did not allege…