State v. Cubas

OPINION

LARKIN, Judge.

In this pretrial appeal, the state challenges the district court’s decision granting respondent’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea. The state argues that the decision has a critical impact on its ability to successfully prosecute respondent and that the district court abused its discretion in granting the motion. Because the critical-impact standard is met and the district court misapplied the law when granting respondent’s motion for plea withdrawal, we reverse and remand.

FACTS

On July 9, 2004, appellant State of Minnesota charged respondent Luis Armando Cubas with…