Utah man appeals murder case to get out of plea deal

Brandon Keith ThompsonBox Elder County JailBRIGHAM CITY — A Tremonton man who could spend the rest of his life in prison after he admitted to murder will appeal a judge's decision to bar him from withdrawing his guilty plea, court records show.New attorneys for Brandon K. Thompson, 31, argue his former lawyer misled him and coerced him into taking a plea deal. They contend in a notice of appeal filed Friday that prosecutors threatened to criminally charge his girlfriend if he took the case