STATE v. HANNIBAL

No. A10-120.

786 N.W.2d 314 (2010)

STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Benjamin Donald HANNIBAL, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

July 27, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, David C. Brown, Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

David W. Merchant, Chief Appellate Public Defender, James A. Kamin, Assistant Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

Considered and decided by WRIGHT, Presiding Judge; KALITOWSKI, Judge; and MUEHLBERG, Judge.


OPINION

WRIGHT, Judge.

In this appeal pursuant to Minn. R.Crim. P. 28.04, subd. 1(2), appellant State of Minnesota challenges respondent's sentence as "based upon a guilty plea that is per se invalid," arguing that the district court improperly inserted itself into plea negotiations by promising respondent a probationary sentence. We affirm.

FACTS

The state charged respondent Benjamin Hannibal with first-degree and second-degree...

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