McKiernan v. State

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• noting that a defendant may enter an Alford plea where the defendant decides a guilty plea is in his best interests and the trial court inquires into the factual basis for the plea
• noting that one of the motivating factors for the defendant’s decision to enter a guilty plea was to avoid putting his family through a trial in concluding that he voluntarily and knowingly entered his guilty plea
• rejecting claim that it was an abuse of discretion to deny a motion to withdraw an Alford plea to felony murder where the defendant maintained at his plea hearing that the shooting was accidental
• rejecting a claim of deficient performance where plea counsel interviewed the defendant’s treating psychiatrist, who said that the defendant had been treated with antidepressants for depression and had not displayed any signs of psychosis
• rejecting a claim of deficient performance where plea counsel interviewed the defendant’s treating psychiatrist, who said that the defendant had been treated with antidepressants for depression and had not displayed any signs of psychosis
• rejecting claim that it was an abuse of discretion to deny a motion to withdraw an Alford plea to felony murder where the defendant maintained at his plea hearing that the shooting was accidental

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