State v. Smith
Annotate this CaseDefendant pleaded no contest to one count of child abuse resulting in substantial bodily harm. Defendant filed a timely post-conviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that he should be allowed to withdraw his plea because it was coerced and thus involuntary. The district court partially granted the petition, concluding that the actions of the Washoe County Department of Social Services (DSS) coerced Defendant into pleading no contest and that Defendant was entitled to withdraw his plea. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the State failed to demonstrate that the district court abused its discretion in partially granting the petition.
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