Vasquez v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant challenged his guilty plea to two counts of malice murder. The court affirmed where the trial court found that defendant fully understood the terms of the negotiated agreement, including that he would be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. The trial court also found that defendant's plea counsel appropriately recommended that defendant plead guilty, and accepted a life sentence without the possibility of parole, due to the grief that a trial would cause the victims' families and the emotion and strain it would cause defendant. Therefore, the trial court's factual findings were supported by the record.
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