Opinion ID: 874908
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Heading: heredia may withdraw his guilty plea

Text: The State argues that Heredia did not establish manifest injustice, pointing to the fact that his attorney argued against child support in his sentencing memorandum and orally at the sentencing hearing. Heredia did not indicate that he did not know child support was a possible consequence when the magistrate asked if he wanted to say anything. The magistrate court inferred that Heredia knew about the possibility of paying child support based upon his attorney's arguments and his failure to express surprise when child support was addressed at sentencing. Manifest injustice will be found if the plea was not taken in compliance with the constitutional due process standards requiring that a guilty plea be entered into voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently. Huffman, 137 Idaho at 887, 55 P.3d at 880. While I.C.R. 11 meets this standard, it has not been held to be constitutionally mandated in order to fulfill the requirement of a voluntary, knowing, and intelligent plea. State v. Weber, 140 Idaho 89, 95, 90 P.3d 314, 320 (2004). The record of the entire proceedings must affirmatively show that the defendant was informed of that consequence before the plea was accepted. State v. Rodriguez, 117 Idaho 292, 294-95, 787 P.2d 278, 280-81 (1990) (citing Colyer, 98 Idaho at 35, 557 P.2d at 629). This can be shown by statements other than from the defendant, such as statements by the defendant's counsel that the defendant has been fully informed. Id. This does not stand for the proposition that knowledge of the defendant's attorney can be imputed to the defendant absent evidence that the knowledge of the attorney has been communicated to the defendant. Heredia was informed of the constitutional rights he was giving up. The magistrate court informed Heredia of the possible penalties by stating: I'm free to impose any lawful sentence for vehicular manslaughter which includes a fine of up to  let me double-check this. I want to make sure I don't state it incorrectly. This is not amounting to a felony. It's charged under 3(c). Okay. Without gross negligence. I'm free to impose a fine of up to $2,000. I'm free to impose up to one year in jail or both. In addition to that, I may suspend your driver's license for a time to be determined by the Court. And since there's not a cap on that, I think that arguably the Court could permanently suspend your driving privileges. So do you understand that those are the maximum penalties and that I'm free to impose any penalty up to the maximum? The record does not show that the defendant was informed of the consequence of child support. It was not listed as a consequence of the plea when Heredia entered his guilty plea. The only mention of child support in the record is at sentencing. This is not before a plea of guilty is accepted as required by I.C.R. 11. Heredia may withdraw his guilty plea.