Legal Opinion
State v. Kaiser
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 24, 1991No. C9-90-1312PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONETT, Justice.
This appeal presents a number of important issues relating to guilty plea negotiations and to the withdrawal of guilty pleas.
Defendant, age 18, was charged with criminal sexual conduct in the third degree and the lesser offense of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree for sexually penetrating a 16-year-old girl who allegedly had passed out after consuming too much alcohol. After two days of trial and after the state had called most of its witnesses, including the complainant, defendant was permitted to plead guilty to the lesser charge and avoid the risk of going to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Bordenkircher v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Corbitt v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- State v. TrottSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
- Joon Kyu Kim v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1989
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3Cited by21 opinions
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