Wilkins v. State

HILL, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] On December 4, 2002, appellant, Michael S. Wilkins (Wilkins), entered a conditional plea of nolo contendere 1 to the crime of third degree sexual assault. 2 In addition to the complaint from the victim of the crime, a very important piece of evidence against Wilkins was a confession he made after taking a polygraph test that indicated he was being untruthfal in his answers. The "condition" of his nolo contendere plea was that he reserved the right to appeal the district court's conclusion that his confession was voluntary and, therefore, admissible in evidence at his…