State v. Sha

Otis, Justice.

The defendant has been convicted of burglary and aggravated robbery and sentenced to concurrent terms of 5 years and 20 years respectively. The only issue for decision is whether disclosure by the state that defendant attempted to plead guilty at the preliminary hearing was reversible error. We hold that it was.

Defendant was charged with breaking and entering the Duluth Eagles Club in the early hours of June 9, 1968, and robbing the janitor of a wallet containing $40. On the day following the offense, defendant was arrested. The janitor’s wallet was found on defendant’s person.…