State v. Fisher

Defendant has pled guilty to murder in the second degree and appeals from the conviction. The question for review is whether it was proper to accept a plea of guilty in light of defendant’s claim that he had no recollection of the crime. We affirm.

On the evening of May 17, 1969, two police officers had stopped their squad car near 14th Avenue and Fifth Street North in the city of Minneapolis when an automobile which had been blowing its horn pulled up beside them. In their presence, defendant, sitting in the passenger seat, drew a revolver and fired three shots into the driver of the car who…