Dudrey v. State

The sole issue on this appeal is whether the trial judge abused his discretion in denying defend-: ant’s motion to withdraw the guilty plea.

The withdrawal of guilty pleas before the imposition of sentence has been most recently considered by this court in State v. McKnight, 65 Wis.2d 582, 223 N.W.2d 550 (1974), and Libke v. State, 60 Wis.2d 121, 208 N.W.2d 331 (1973). In those cases the court applied the legal standard found in sec. 2.1(b) of the American Bar Association, Standards Relating to Pleas of Guilty (approved draft 1968). Under this standard, leave to withdraw a guilty plea should…