STATE v. ECKER

No. C1-94-17.

524 N.W.2d 712 (1994)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Joseph Arne ECKER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Cahill, Cahill Law Office, Wayzata, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, and Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Atty., Donna J. Wolfson, Asst. County Atty., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


OPINION

KEITH, Chief Justice.

On February 22, 1988, Joseph Ecker pleaded guilty to first-degree felony murder. Five years later, Ecker filed a petition for postconviction relief to withdraw his guilty plea. The district court denied this petition. Ecker argued his plea was inaccurate and lacked a sufficient factual basis because when he entered his plea he did not acknowledge an intent to kill. He also argued his plea was involuntary due to ineffective assistance...

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