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Bonga v. State

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided May 28, 2009No. A08-1135PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order summarily dismissing Dario George Bonga’s petition for postconviction relief seeking to withdraw his guilty plea. We reverse the postconviction court and remand for further proceedings.

Bonga admitted the following facts during his guilty plea hearing. On the night of July 17, 1998, Bonga was a passenger in a car in Carlton County with Carlos San Miguel, DuWayne Johnson, and another man. Bonga became angry after San Miguel made a disparaging remark about a musician Bonga admired. Johnson stopped the car in Jay Cooke State Park…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Leake v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2007
  3. Deegan v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2006
  4. State v. DorseySupreme Court of Minnesota · 2005
  5. Ives v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2003

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. State v. YangSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2009
  2. State v. FinneganSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2010
  3. State of Minnesota v. Dakari Michael ColesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2015
  4. Francis v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2010
  5. Washington v. StateCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2014

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