State v. Carter

This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals, dated July 30, 1985, summarily affirming the order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county, Honorable Ralph G. Gorenstein, circuit judge, denying Henry John Carter's (Defendant's) motion to withdraw his guilty plea. The issue on review is: Does the due process requirement of the federal constitution mandate that a defendant be permitted to withdraw a plea of guilty if the record of the plea hearing fails to show that the trial court, prior to accepting the plea, ascertained that the Defendant understood the nature of the…