State v. Baynes

Murphy, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction entered pursuant to a plea of guilty to an information charging defendant with the offense of conspiracy to rob contrary to Minn. St. 609.175, subd. 2. 1 It is contended that the plea of guilty should not have been accepted by the trial court for the reason that defendant did not understand the nature and elements of the offense with which he was charged and that his answers to questions put to him by the court at the time of arraignment and plea established that he in fact had a valid defense.

At the time of the commission of the…