State v. Johnson

This appeal concerns the validity of an Alford plea 1 in Wisconsin, and the trial court’s refusal to allow post-sentence withdrawal of such a plea in this case. We affirm because we conclude that an Alford plea is valid in Wisconsin, the trial court properly accepted the Alford plea entered in this case, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding no manifest injustice necessitating post-sentencing withdrawal of the plea, and the sentence was based on proper factors.

In 1979 defendant was tried for armed robbery and attempted murder arising out of a 1978 armed robbery of a local…