State v. Francis

¶ 1. Jennifer E. Francis appeals from a judgment of conviction and an order denying her motion for postconviction relief. The basis for the conviction arose out of an attempt to commit "suicide by cop" by taking hostages at a Kenosha tavern. Francis initially entered joined pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, i.e., insanity. She later accepted a plea bargain in which she pled guilty to several counts and no contest to another. Francis offers a host of reasons why we should permit her to withdraw these subsequent pleas, but the only argument we deem to be…