Broadie v. State

Two issues are presented upon this appeal:

1. Was a sufficient factual basis presented to the lower court for the acceptance of the defendant’s negotiated plea of guilty to the amended charge of endangering safety by conduct regardless of life, contrary to sec. 941.30, Stats?

2. Was a manifest injustice established so that defendant should have been allowed to withdraw his plea of guilty?

Sufficiency of evidence.

The sole basis for the defendant’s claim that a manifest injustice resulted from the acceptance of his plea of guilty is that the factual basis presented to the court was not sufficient…