BRIDGEWATER, J.
¶ 1 Michael John Reise seeks relief from personal restraint to withdraw his straight guilty plea to second degree murder due to newly discovered evidence of a witness. We hold that under the general rule, a defendant pleading guilty (not by a Newton plea), renders irrelevant the question of whether the State could have proved guilt—either that the newly discovered evidence would change the result or is not sufficient. Thus...
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