State v. Ebaben
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Defendant appealed from the district court's denial of his pre-sentence motion to withdraw an Alford plea to one count of sexual battery. By entering an Alford plea, Defendant pleaded guilty without admitting he committed the crime. Defendant claimed on appeal that he should be permitted to withdraw his plea because the trial court erred by accepting his plea without establishing a factual basis for it, and he felt pressured to enter the plea because his attorney had not subpoenaed any trial witnesses. The court of appeals affirmed. The Supreme Court reversed and remanded to the district court to permit Defendant to withdraw his plea because the district court erred by not establishing the factual basis for the plea as required by Kan. Stat. Ann. 22-3210(a)(4).
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