VIZCARRA-MEDINA v. STATE

No. A-9655.

195 P.3d 1095 (2008)

Rolando VIZCARRA-MEDINA, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

November 14, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth G.L. Trimmer, Assistant Public Advocate, and Joshua Fink, Public Advocate, Anchorage, for the Appellant.

Diane L. Wendlandt, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Talis J. Colberg, Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee.

Before: COATS, Chief Judge, and MANNHEIMER and STEWART, Judges.


OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

In this case, Rolando Vizcarra-Medina sought post-conviction relief based on assertions that he had not understood key aspects of his plea agreement with the State. The attorney appointed to represent Vizcarra-Medina investigated these claims and concluded that they could not be proved. That is, the attorney concluded that, whatever Vizcarra-Medina might say in support of these claims, Vizcarra-Medina could not establish...

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