City of Riverside v. Helenske

The majority avoids interpreting section 40-18-19, North Dakota Century Code, instead resting its opinion on the general rule that a voluntary guilty plea waives all non-jurisdictional defects alleged to have occurred prior to the guilty plea, including alleged violations of constitutional rights. State v. Slapnicka, 376 N.W.2d 33, 35 (N.D.1985); State v. Gilley, 289 N.W.2d 238, 240 (N.D.1980); State v. Barlow, 193 N.W.2d 455, 457 (N.D.1971). However, that rule has no application to an appeal from municipal court because such an appeal has nothing to do with “defects”, i.e., errors, either…