In Re the Personal Restraint of Barr

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• holding that a trial court may accept a guilty plea to an amended charge lacking factual support if the facts support the original charge
• holding that a trial court may accept a guilty plea to an amended charge lacking factual support if the facts support the original charge
• holding that a trial court may accept a guilty plea to an amended charge lacking factual support if the facts support the original charge
• reasoning that a defendant should be able to determine the course of action that he or she believes is in his or her best interest, so long as the defendant’s plea is voluntary and intelligent
• allowing a defendant to plead guilty to a charge that was not committed in order to avoid near certain conviction for a greater offense

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