State v. Lorentz

These combined appeals are from separate orders of the district court denying separate motions of defendants (who are siblings) to withdraw their guilty pleas.1 *38The issue in each appeal relates to whether the defendant’s plea was intelligently — that is, knowingly and understandingly — entered. We affirm.

Defendants contend basically that their respective defense counsel failed to adequately inform them that if their cases went to trial the state would have to prove that the substance that they were charged with possessing was in fact marijuana and that they had a right to call their own…