Plea

Most Utah criminal convictions result from guilty pleas, not trials. And yet the conventional wisdom — that a guilty plea ends all appellate options — is wrong. A guilty plea narrows the issues available on appeal dramatically, but it does…

Most Utah criminal convictions follow a guilty plea, not a trial. That means most criminal appeals involve either a challenge to the plea itself — whether it was knowing, voluntary, and supported by an adequate factual basis — or a…