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STATE v. SMITH

No. 94-2894-CR.

202 Wis.2d 21 (1996)

549 N.W.2d 232

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. George SMITH, Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 14, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant-petitioner there was a brief and oral argument by Donna L. Hintze, assistant state public defender.

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was argued by Thomas J. Balistreri, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

DONALD W. STEINMETZ, J.

The issue presented in this case is whether a defendant, as part of a plea agreement with the State, can enter an Alford1 plea to a crime which was legally impossible for the defendant to have committed. We hold that in order to accept an Alford plea, even in the context of a plea agreement, a court must find that there is strong proof of guilt as to each...

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