Legal Opinion
State v. Ecker
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided December 9, 1994No. C1-94-17PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KEITH, Chief Justice.
On February 22, 1988, Joseph Ecker pleaded guilty to first-degree felony murder. Five years later, Ecker filed a petition for postconviction relief to withdraw his guilty plea. The district court denied this petition. Ecker argued his plea was inaccurate and lacked a sufficient factual basis because when he entered his plea he did not acknowledge an intent to kill. He also argued his plea was involuntary due to ineffective assistance of counsel, pressure and coercion. We affirm.
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At 6:00 a.m. on July 18, 1987, Joseph Ecker entered the Southwest Amoco service station…
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