Vazquez v. State

Summary

The Court affirmed the denial of Vazquez's motion for postconviction relief and granted counsel's no-merit withdrawal procedure after independently reviewing the record. It held that the ineffective-assistance claim was contradicted by the record and counsel's affidavit, and that the identified plea-form, statutory-penalty, and sentencing-guideline discrepancies presented no appealable issue. The Court also concluded that counsel had conscientiously examined the record and that the appeal was wholly without merit.