State v. Mickens

Rogosheske, Justice.

Defendant pled guilty to an information charging him with assault with a dangerous weapon in violation of Minn. St. 609.225, subd. 2. Upon his appeal from the judgment, he seeks a reversal of his conviction upon claims that he was denied his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel and that the court improperly accepted his plea of guilty. He argues that his admissions and statements of the events giving rise to the charge during questioning disclosed that he was intoxicated at the time and thus, under § 609.075, 2 his intoxication was a potential…