Summary 2013 WY 78

Order Affirming the District Court’s Order Denying Motion to Withdraw Plea

Case Name: JERRY LEE HOCH v. THE STATE OF WYOMING

Docket Number: S‑13‑0017

URL: http://www.courts.state.wy.us/Opinions.aspx

Date of Order: June 26, 2013

This matter came before the Court upon its own motion following notification that Appellant has not filed a pro se brief within the time allotted by this Court. Pursuant to a plea agreement, Appellant entered a “no contest” plea to one count of second degree murder. Shortly after the “Judgment and Sentence” was entered, Appellant filed a post-sentence motion to withdraw his plea. On December 12, 2012, the district court entered its “Order Denying Motion to Withdraw Plea.” Appellant took this appeal to challenge that order. On March 25, 2013, Appellant’s court-appointed appellate counsel filed a “Motion to Withdraw as Counsel,” pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 744, 87 S. Ct. 1396, 1400, 18 L. Ed. 2d 493 (1967). Following a careful review of the record and the “Anders brief” submitted by counsel, this Court, on April 23, 2013, entered its “Order Granting Permission for Court Appointed Counsel to Withdraw.” That Order notified Appellant that the District Court’s “Order Denying Motion to Withdraw Plea” would be affirmed unless, on or before June 7, 2013, Appellant filed a brief that persuaded this Court that the captioned appeal is not wholly frivolous. Taking note that Appellant, Jerry Lee Hoch, has not filed a brief or other pleading within the time allotted, the Court finds that the district court’s “Order Denying Motion to Withdraw Plea” should be affirmed. It is, therefore,

ORDERED that the District Court’s December 12, 2012, “Order Denying Motion to Withdraw Plea” be, and the same hereby is, affirmed.

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