State v. Freese

OPINION

By the Court,

Becker, J.:

In 1996, respondent Bryan Scott Freese (“Freese”) was charged with nine criminal counts arising from sexual conduct with a minor. Pursuant to plea negotiations, Freese entered into a written plea agreement wherein he agreed to plead guilty to one count of sexual assault upon a minor under sixteen years of age. Freese entered his guilty plea on May 20, 1997. Freese filed a post-conviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus in 1998 alleging ineffective assistance of counsel and challenging the sufficiency of the plea canvass.

The district court 1 granted the…