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P. v. Hoyt CA3
After the trial court denied his petition for mental health diversion, defendant Joseph Hoyt pled guilty to stealing a car and fleeing police while driving recklessly. On appeal, he contends counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to timely submit a recent mental health diagnosis and an adequate treatment plan in support of the diversion petition and by allowing him to accept the plea before the trial court issued a final ruling on the petition. Finding no merit in these contentions, we affirm.

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