Jacobs v. State

DURRANT, Justice:

T1 Chess Jacobs pleaded guilty to one count of rape of a child, a first degree felony, in 1984. Due to the aggravating cireum-stances of the case, Jacobs was sentenced to a term of fifteen years to life in the Utah State Prison. Ten years later, he filed a petition for extraordinary relief under rule 65B(b) of the Utah rules of Civil Procedure, 1 alleging that he was incompetent to plead guilty in 1984. He contended (1) the trial court erred in not ordering, sua sponte, a competency hearing, and (2) his counsel was ineffective in allowing him to plead guilty without a…