State v. Raleigh

OPINION

MEYER, Justice.

Appellant Rashad Arthur Raleigh pled guilty to first-degree premeditated murder for the death of Howard Porter. The issue in this case is whether the district court should have granted appellant’s pre-sentence motion to withdraw his plea under either the “manifest injustice” or “fair and just” standard of Minn. R.Crim. P. 15.05, subds. 1, 2. The district court denied appellant’s motion to withdraw his plea under both standards. We affirm.

On January 24, 2008, a Hennepin County grand jury indicted Raleigh on one count of first-degree premeditated murder and one count of…