MEZA v. STATE

No. 20130962.

359 P.3d 592 (2015)

2015 UT 70

Sergio Alejandro MEZA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE of Utah, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Utah.

August 14, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron Tarin , Hakeem Ishola , Skyler K. Anderson , West Valley, for petitioner-appellant.

Tim L. Taylor , Lance E. Bastian , Provo, for respondent-appellee.

Justice PARRISH announced the judgment of the Court and authored the opinion of the Court with respect to Part I, in which Chief Justice DURRANT, Associate Chief Justice LEE, Justice DURHAM, and Judge ROTH joined. Justice PARRISH authored an opinion with respect to Part II, in which Justice DURHAM joined. Judge ROTH authored an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the result, in which Chief Justice DURRANT joined. Associate Chief Justice LEE authored an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the result. Due to his retirement, Justice RONALD E. NEHRING did not participate herein; Court of Appeals Judge STEPHEN L. ROTH sat. Justice DENO G. HIMONAS became a member of the Court on February 13, 2015, after oral argument in this matter, and accordingly did not participate.


INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 Sergio Meza appeals the district court's dismissal of his petition under the Post-Conviction Remedies Act (PCRA) seeking to withdraw his plea held in abeyance. In the alternative, Mr. Meza invites us to invoke our extraordinary writ authority to fashion a remedy allowing...

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