Opinion ID: 4543700
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Text: ¶1 Petitioner Benjamin Arriaga pled guilty to first-degree murder. After sentencing, he filed a pro se petition under the Post-Conviction Remedies Act (PCRA),1 arguing that his guilty plea _____________________________________________________________ 1 UTAH CODE §§ 78B-9-101 to -503. ARRIAGA v. STATE Opinion of the Court was unknowing and involuntary and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. The post-conviction court granted the State’s motion for summary judgment, and the court of appeals affirmed. We granted petitioner’s writ of certiorari. Because Mr. Arriaga has failed to identify a material dispute sufficient to rebut the State’s showing that he was not prejudiced by his guilty plea or the State’s showing that his trial counsel’s performance was not deficient, we affirm.