Manslaughter plea affirmed in 2011 Deptford fatal stabbing
WOODBURY NJ–Rejecting arguments that the lawyer for Donald D. Hetrick (DOB 2/25/62), of Deptford Township NJ, should not have advised a guilty plea and failed to claim self-defense, a Superior Court judge has affirmed Hetrick’s aggravated manslaughter plea and 26-year state prison sentence in the 2009 fatal stabbing 39-year-old Roland Webster.
\”Petitioner has not established a prima facie case that he was denied effective assistance of counsel,\” Judge Robert P. Becker wrote in a 12-page decision following a 6/25/15 hearing on Hetrick’s petition for post-conviction relief.
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