State v. Roggenbuck

Frank T. Gallagher, C.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered pursuant to a plea of guilty of the crime of kidnapping. On July 23, 1963, defendant, age 32, was arraigned before the District Court of Hennepin County on a charge of kidnapping in violation of Minn. St. 1961, § 619.34. 1 A public defender was appointed to represent him. On August 12, 1963, defendant appeared and entered a plea of guilty, after which he was examined by the court and by his court-appointed counsel.

Defendant admitted that early in the morning of July 6, 1963, while it was still dark, he approached an automobile in…