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STATE v. GOULETTE

No. 45831.

258 N.W.2d 758 (1977)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Dale GOULETTE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 9, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, Robert E. Oliphant, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, John O. Sonsteng, County Atty., H. Richard Hopper, Asst. County Atty., Hastings, for respondent.

Heard before SHERAN, C. J., and ROGOSHESKE, PETERSON, KELLY, SCOTT and PLUNKETT, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.

ROGOSHESKE, Justice.

Defendant, under indictment for first-degree murder, entered a negotiated plea of guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree murder and was sentenced by the trial court to a maximum term of 25 years in prison. The central issue on this appeal by defendant from judgment of conviction is under what circumstances a trial court properly may accept a guilty plea when the plea is accompanied by a claim of innocence. Relying upon North Carolina v...

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