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ZIGTA v. COM.

Record No. 0145-01-4.

562 S.E.2d 347 (2002)

38 Va. App. 149

Rezene Mehart ZIGTA, s/k/a Rezene Mehrt Zigta v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Alexandria.

April 23, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Farquhar (Peter L. Sissman, Arlington, on briefs), for appellant.

Thomas D. Bagwell, Senior Assistant Attorney General (Randolph A. Beales, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: WILLIS, AGEE, JJ., and OVERTON, Senior Judge.

AGEE, Judge.

Rezene Mehart Zigta (Zigta) was convicted in the Arlington County Circuit Court of rape, in violation of Code § 18.2-61, pursuant to an Alford1 guilty plea. He was sentenced to serve a fifteen-year term of imprisonment. On appeal he contends the trial court erred by refusing to allow him to withdraw his plea prior to sentencing. For the following reasons, we affirm the decision of the trial court.

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