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ALANIS v. STATE

No. C2-97-1014.

583 N.W.2d 573 (1998)

Roel ALANIS, petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kyle D. White, St. Paul, Sergio Andrede, Inver Grove Heights, for appellant.

H.H.H., III, State Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Wayne Swanson, Polk Co. Atty., Scott Buhler, Asst. Co. Atty., Crookston, for respondent.

Amicus curiae Immigrant Law Center of MN Karen Ellingson, Executive Dir., Maria Baldini-Potermin, Staff Atty., St. Paul.

Amicus curiae John M. Stuart, MN State Public Defender, Lawrence Hammerling, Deputy State Pub. Def., Cathryn Middlebrook, Asst. State Pub. Def., Minneapolis.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

PAGE, Justice.

In this case we review an unpublished decision of the court of appeals affirming the postconviction court's order denying appellant Roel Alanis's petition for postconviction relief in which he sought to withdraw his guilty plea. Alanis, who has lived in the United States for 32 years, is a 50-year-old resident alien from Mexico with a sixth-grade education and limited ability to read and...

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