State v. Denmark-Wagner

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beier, J.:

Defendant Charles Denmark-Wagner appeals the denial of his motion to withdraw his plea of guilty to one count of felony first-degree murder. He also challenges his sentence to lifetime postrelease and the district judge’s order that he register as a violent offender for his lifetime.

This case arose out of the November 2008 murder of Alesia Dorris-Graham in her home in Pratt County. Denmark-Wagner and codefendant Daniel John Riendeau went to Dorris-Graham’s home to purchase prescription drugs from her. When she refused to sell, the defendants…