BUTALA v. STATE

No. C2-02-1482.

664 N.W.2d 333 (2003)

Lucas Roy BUTALA, petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 3, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Nyvold, St. Paul, MN, for Appellant.

Mike Hatch, Minnesota Attorney General, Thomas R. Ragatz, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, Alan L. Mitchell, St. Louis County Attorney, Duluth, MN, for Respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


OPINION

RUSSELL A. ANDERSON, Justice.

Appellant Lucas Roy Butala, in pursuing his first substantive review through postconviction proceedings, appeals from an order of the district court denying his request to withdraw his guilty pleas to first-degree murder. Appellant challenges the voluntariness of his pleas and the adequacy of defense counsels' representation. Concluding that the district court did not err in denying appellant's request to withdraw his...

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