In Re the Personal Restraint of Montoya

How courts have described this case

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• holding that because defense counsel read the information to the defendant, the defendant was given adequate notice of the elements of the crime
• noting an Alford plea allows defendant to plead guilty even while unable or unwilling to admit guilt
• due process not violated by court rule requiring that motions be presented without oral argument
• Alford pleas should be examined to determine whether the defendant has made an intelligent and voluntary choice between his or her alternative courses of action
• abrogated on other grounds by State v. Buckman, 190 Wn. 2d 51, 61, 409 P.3d 193 (2018)
• “court must exercise extreme care to ensure that [an Alford] plea satisfies constitutional requirements”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).