State v. Williams

Rogosheske, Justice.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction entered October 21, 1966, upon his plea of guilty to an information charging him with committing the crime of indecent assault in violation of Minn. St. 1965, § 617.08. He contends that his plea of guilty was improperly accepted by the trial court and that his privately retained counsel did not adequately represent him.

It is clear that if defendant, as alleged, either did not understand the nature and elements of the offense charged, or made statements at the time his plea was tendered negating the existence of an essential…