Opinion ID: 1670877
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Failure to Point Out Disparity of Co Indictees' Sentences

Text: ¶ 34. Reeder's three co-indictees, Woods, Lewis, and Espinoza, received sentences of three, five, and ten years respectively. Reeder contends his attorney should have pointed out to the trial court the disparity between the sentence imposed in his case and the sentences received by his co-indictees. Reeder ignores the fact that the trial court sentenced him some time before it sentenced his co-indictees. It would have been difficult for Reeder's attorney to point to a disparity that did not exist at the time of entry of Reeder's guilty plea. ¶ 35. Reeder next complains his counsel should have ensured Reeder entered his guilty plea at the same date and time as his co-indictees rather than coerce him into pleading guilty earlier. Such a feat is likely not within counsel's control. Moreover, Reeder has failed to establish that had his attorney somehow managed to schedule entry of the guilty pleas on the same day, the result in his case would have been different. Notably, one of his coindictees received the same sentence as Reeder.