Legal Opinion
Bonga v. State
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 25, 2011No. A10-1376PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.
Appellant Dario George Bonga pleaded guilty to first-degree premeditated murder, MinmStat. § 609.185(a)(1) (2010), in the stabbing death of Carlos San Miguel. Bonga pleaded guilty at a hearing he requested, and that was held, less than one day after Bonga confessed to killing San Miguel and then tried to kill himself in jail. The district court accepted Bonga’s guilty plea, convicted him, and sentenced him to life in prison. Bonga filed a petition for postconviction relief in which he sought to withdraw his guilty plea because he was not competent to plead…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- State v. CamachoSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1997
- State v. BauerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Dikken v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2017
- State v. CurtisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2018
- Brooks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2017
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