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An inaccurate guilty plea is an invalid plea , and a “manifest injustice would occur if the plea were not withdrawn.” 0 (Minn. 2007); see also Minn. R. Crim.

Kim, d at 267; -51 (Minn. 2007) (noting that the holding in Kim permits “consideration of the alleged victim’s interests as prejudice to the State”).

A defendant has no “absolute right to withdraw a valid guilty plea.”

An Alford plea permits “a court to accept a defendant’s guilty plea, even though th e defendant [maintains] his innocence, where the St ate [demonstrates] ‘a strong factual basis for the plea’ and the defendant clearly [expresses] his desire to enter the plea based on his belief that the State’s evidence would be sufficient to convict him.” (quoting North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25 (1970)).

“If a plea fails to meet any one of these requirements, it is invalid.”

Although it is a lower burden than the manifest-injustice standard, the fair-and-just standard “does not allow a defendant to withdraw a guilty plea for simply any reason.” 5 (quotation omitted).

Although it is a lower burden, the fair-and-just standard “does not allow a defendant to withdraw a guilty plea for simply any reason.” State v. Theis , (quotation omitted).

(citing Alford, 400 U.S. at 38, 91 S. Ct. at 168).

“[B]ecause of the inherent conflict in pleading guilty while maintaining innocence,” the factual basis for an Alford plea must “provide the court with a basis to independently conclude that there is a strong probability that the defendant would be found guilty of the charge to which he pleaded guilty.”

The district court “ must allow a defendant to withdraw a guilty p lea, even after sentencing, if ‘withdrawal is necessary to correct a manifest injustice.’” (quoting Minn. R. Crim.

Although a defendant does not have an absolute right to withdraw a valid guilty plea, a court must allow a de fendant to withdraw a guilty plea, even after sentencing, if “withdrawal is necessary to correct a manifest injustice.” Mi nn.

State v. Theis , d 643, 647 (Minn. 2007) (citing North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 38, 91 S. Ct. 160, 168 (1970)).

State v. Theis , d 643, 646 (Minn. 2007).

“A defendant does not have an absolute right to withdraw a valid guilty plea.”

d 643, 646 (Minn. 2007).

“If a plea fails to meet any one of these requirements, it is invalid.”

The fair-and-just standard is less demanding than the manifest-injustice standard, but does not permit withdrawal “for simply any reason.” (quotation omitted).

The fair-and-just standard is less demanding than the manifest-injustice sta ndard, but does not permit withdrawal “for simply any reason.” ().

d 643, 650 (Minn. 2007).

Under an Alford plea, a court may accept a defe ndant’s guilty plea despite th e defendant’s assertion of innocence, provided that the state demonstrates “a strong factual basis for the plea” and the defendant expresses the desire to enter the pl ea “based on [the] be lief that the [s]tate’s evidence would be sufficien t to convict [her].” State v. Theis , (quotation omitted); see also North Carolina v. Alford , 400 U.S. 25, 38, 91 S. Ct. 160, 168 (1970).

49 (Minn. 2007) (recognizing that, when a defendant pleads guilty but does not admit guilt, a factual basis may be supported through an interrogation of the defendant of the underlying conduct and the evidence that would be introduced at trial, the introduction of documents or witness statements, or both partie

d 643, 646 (Minn. 2007).

(citing North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 38, 91 S. Ct. 160, 168 (1970)).

“If a plea fails to meet any one of these requirements, it is invalid.”

1 (“At any time the court must allow a defendant to withdraw a guilty plea upon a timely motion and proof to the satisfaction of the court that withdrawal is necessary to correct a manifest injustice.”); (reversing and remanding where guilty plea was not accurate).

14 Although the fair-and-just standard is “ less demanding than the manifest injustice standard, it does not allow a defendant to withdraw a guilty plea for simply any reason.” (quotation omitted).

(citing North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 38, 91 S. Ct. 160, 168 (1970)).

Although the fair -and-just standard “is less demanding than the manifest injustice standard, it does not allow a defendant to withdraw a guilty plea for simply any reason.” State v. Theis , (quotation omitted).

“[C]areful scrutiny of the factual basis for the plea is necessary within the context of an Alford plea because of the inherent conflict in pleading guilty while maintaining innocence.” -49 (Minn. 2007).

“A defendant does not have an absolute right to withdraw a valid guilty plea.”

Although the fair -and-just standard “is less demanding than the manifest injustice standard, it does not allow a defendant to withdraw a guilty plea for simply any reason.” State v. Theis , (quotation omitted).