State v. Schaal
Annotate this CaseDefendant pled guilty to the crime of eluding a police officer. Before sentencing, Defendant filed a motion to withdraw his plea, arguing that he had misunderstood the plea agreement and that his misunderstanding was based on conversations with his former attorney. The motion was denied. The court of appeals affirmed the denial. Defendant appealed, arguing that the district court erred, in part, because it relied on incorrect factual assumptions. The Supreme Court agreed an reversed, holding that the district court abused its discretion because it based its conclusions, in substantial part, on errors of fact.
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