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RIGGERS v. STATE

No. 41659.

169 N.W.2d 58 (1969)

Loren RIGGERS, Respondent, v. STATE of Minnesota, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 27, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas M. Head, Atty. Gen., Richard H. Kyle, Sol. Gen., St. Paul, Alfred C. Schmidt, Dist. Pros., Bemidji, for appellant.

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, Roberta K. Levy, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard before KNUTSON, C. J., and ROGOSHESKE, SHERAN, PETERSON, and FRANK T. GALLAGHER, JJ.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Appeal from orders of the district court granting a petition for postconviction relief and thereby vacating a judgment of conviction of murder in the first degree, and granting a new trial. The order is appealable. Minn.St. 590.06.

We have frequently recognized the authority of the district court to vacate a plea of guilty in order to correct a manifest injustice. The decisions are collected in Chapman v. State, 282 Minn. 13,...

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