Legal Opinion
Daniel Knight v. State of Minnesota
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 20, 1973No. 73-1137PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Associate Justice.
In this habeas corpus action Knight challenges the validity of state conviction and sentence on a charge of theft by check of an amount in excess of $100.00. Minn.Stat. § 609.52, subd. 2(3). Originally he was charged on November 18, 1967, with aggravated forgery in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.625, subds. 1 and 3, to which he pleaded not guilty. On December 6, 1967, Knight appeared before the court with his privately retained counsel and entered a guilty plea to the lesser degree crime of theft by check. The trial court accepted the plea, finding it voluntarily and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Melvin Meller v. State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- State v. MatousekSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1970
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1919
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MinorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Bobby T. Griffith v. Donald Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Wardell N. Smith v. Warden Charles Wolff, Nebraska State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Robert Lee Rawls v. James Mabry, Commissioner, Arkansas Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Commonwealth v. MinorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976