Legal Opinion · Concurrence

State v. Jenkins

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided July 12, 2007No. 2005AP302-CRPublished

1ConcurrenceShirley S. Abrahamson, C.J.

¶ 93. (concurring) . I join Justice Butler's concurrence. I, too, am concerned that the majority opinion might be misinterpreted as merging our law for withdrawing a plea of guilty or no contest before sentencing with our law for withdrawing such a plea after sentencing. The State v. Bangert, 131 Wis. 2d 246, 389 N.W.2d 12 (1986), and *202State v. Bentley, 201 Wis. 2d 303, 548 N.W.2d 50 (1996), lines of cases are postsentencing cases. Reliance on them in the instant case, which involves a motion to withdraw a guilty plea before sentencing, is misplaced. The standards governing plea withdrawal…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. BangertWisconsin Supreme Court · 1986
  2. State v. BentleyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1996
  3. State v. DoeCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2005
  4. State v. JenkinsCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2006

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