State v. Lopez

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

Before sentencing, Julio Lopez moved to withdraw his guilty plea to a misdemeanor theft charge. The district court denied Lopez’s plea-withdrawal motion, relying on cases that require a defendant to prove that withdrawal is necessary to correct a *381manifest injustice. On appeal Lopez argues that it is unfair and unjust to allow his guilty plea to stand because the district court failed to conduct the Minn. R.Crim. P. 15.02, subd. 1(3) inquiry and alternatively argues that he did not validly waive his right to counsel. We agree that on the facts of this case the…