Dikken v. State

OPINION

STRAS, Justice.

This case requires us to determine whether an allegedly erroneous ruling by the district court entitles appellant Andrew Joseph Dikken to withdraw his guilty plea to first-degree-murder charges. Because the district court’s alleged error— the rejection of Dikken’s earlier unconditional guilty plea to second-degree-murder charges—does not give rise to a manifest injustice entitling Dikken to withdraw his plea, we affirm the postconviction court’s decision to deny relief without holding an evidentiary hearing.

FACTS

Dikken shot and killed two people, including his…