State v. Burns

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, CHIEF JUSTICE.

¶ 1. This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals, State v. Burns, No. 96-3615-CR, unpublished slip op. (Wis. Ct. App. February 5, 1998), affirming the judgment of conviction and the order of the Circuit Court for Waupaca County, John P. Hoff-mann, Jr., Judge, denying the post-conviction motion of the defendant Darrin D. Burns for relief from the judgment.

¶ 2. The issue presented is whether Wis. Stat. § 972.13(1) (1993-94)1 requires that a defendant *764expressly and personally articulate a plea of guilty or no contest on the record in…