STATE v. PETERSEN

No. A10-416.

799 N.W.2d 653 (2011)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Paul Andrew PETERSEN, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

July 5, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and Michael O. Freeman , Hennepin County Attorney, Lee W. Barry , Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

Bradford Colbert , J. Virgil Bradley (certified student attorney), Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

Considered and decided by PETERSON, Presiding Judge; MINGE, Judge; and MUEHLBERG, Judge.


OPINION

MUEHLBERG, Judge.*

Appellant challenges his conviction of intentional second-degree murder, arguing that the district court erred in denying his postconviction petition to withdraw his guilty plea. Appellant contends that his guilty plea was not accurate because he intended to kill an unborn child so he cannot be held legally responsible for killing the victim who died after she was born alive. Appellant also argues that...

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