Arizona Supreme Court· 12/4/1987

State v. Crowder

Citations

747 P.2d 1176
155 Ariz. 477
1987 Ariz. LEXIS 232

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concluding ease challenging plea’s validity could not be decided without “original evidence” and remanding to trial court for evidentiary hearing
amount of restitution may be relevant to decision-making process to enter plea and lack of information may render plea involuntary
defendant must show missing information actually relevant to decision-making process; where not “of the essence” of the agreement, plea will not be vacated
defendant must show that restitution amount was actually relevant to decision to plead in potential capital ease
defendant should not be permitted “to vacate a plea bargain uMess the .information he lacked was actually relevant to the decisionmakmg process”
“When the defendant claims his plea was unknowing and therefore involuntary, the question is not simply what the defendant was told in court but what he knew from any source.”

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Judges: Feldman, Moeller, Gordon, Cameron, Holohan

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