State v. Merryfield

Harold Merryfield appeals judgments convicting him of two counts of felony bail jumping and an order denying him postconviction relief from those convictions. He claims the trial court erred in accepting his guilty pleas to the felony charges because they lacked a factual basis in that, at the time he violated the bond conditions imposed in a prior prosecution, only a misdemeanor charge was pending in the prior case. Merryfield also asserts that the felony bail jumping convictions should be vacated because the State breached the plea agreement in the prior prosecution. We reject both claims,…