State v. Strickland

Defendant’s motion for new trial did not state that he desired to change his pleas of guilty. Both defendant and the state, however, treat his motion as one to withdraw his pleas in view of Pulaski v. State (1964), 23 Wis. (2d) 138, 141, 126 N. W. (2d) 625. Although an application for leave to withdraw a plea is ordinarily addressed to the discretion of the court such withdrawal would be a matter of right if the applicant established a denial of a relevant constitutional right. Van Voorhis v. State (1965), 26 Wis. (2d) 217, 223, 131 N. W. (2d) 833.

Defendant here contends that his motion to…