State v. Jenkins

*163DAVID T. PROSSER, J.

¶ 1. This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals1 reversing thecircuit court's denial of Barry Jenkins' (Jenkins) presentence motion for plea withdrawal.

¶ 2. The case presents the recurrent question of how to review a circuit court's denial of a defendant's motion to withdraw his plea before sentencing, given the longstanding legal principle that a circuit court should "freely allow a defendant to withdraw his plea prior to sentencing for any fair and just reason, unless the prosecution [would] be substantially prejudiced."2 State v. Bollig, 2000 WI 6,…