MELDE v. STATE

No. A09-1050.

778 N.W.2d 376 (2010)

Dennis Olender MELDE, petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

February 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marie L. Wolf, Interim Chief Appellate Public Defender, Ngoc L. Nguyen, Assistant Public Defender, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and John J. Muhar, Itasca County Attorney, Lori J. Flohaug, Assistant County Attorney, Grand Rapids, MN, for respondent.

Considered and decided by WRIGHT, Presiding Judge; PETERSON, Judge; and ROSS, Judge.


OPINION

PETERSON, Judge.

In this appeal from the denial of his petition for postconviction relief, appellant Dennis Melde argues that because the district court injected itself into plea negotiations, the postconviction court improperly denied his request to withdraw his guilty plea. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

Melde was charged with two counts of first-degree driving while impaired (DWI) and one count of driving after cancellation, inimical...

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