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Opinions in Minnesota that cite Williams v. State, 760 N.W.2d 8.
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State of Minnesota v. Paul James Steichen
Minn. 2026
–13 (Minn. App. 2009), the court of appeals stated that an “adequate factual basis” for a Norgaard plea requires two components: “a strong factual basis and the defendant’s acknowledgment that the evidence would be sufficient for a jury to find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.” State v. Steichen
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Ryan Grant, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
See Williams v. State , (stating that postconviction petitioner not entitled to hearing if allegations lack factual support and are refuted by the record), rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
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Reginald Scott Hubbard, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
1] 1 We note Hubbard’s point that “the factual basis for the DANCO violation was established exclusively through the district court’s leading questions.” Although the use of leading 8 On postconviction review, “a defendant is not entitled to an evidentiary hearing if [his] allegations lack factual support and are directly refuted by [his] own testimony in the record.” (), rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
But a petitioner “is not entitled to an evidentiary hearing if [his] allegations lack factual support and are directly refuted by [his] own testimony in the record.” Williams v. State , rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
Williams v. State , rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
An Alford plea is accurate when (1) the state demonstrates a “strong factual basis” for the offense, and (2) the defendant “acknowledge[s] that the evidence would be sufficient for a jury to find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.” -13 (Minn. App. 2009), rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
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Andrew Charles Patton, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
See id.; -15 (Minn. App. 2009) (affirming the denial of a petition to withdraw a guilty plea when the defendant submitted no factual proof of her allegations that she suffered from nervous or mental conditions), rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
- State of Minnesota v. Matthew Michael Lewis Minn. Ct. App. 2025
- State of Minnesota v. Matthew Michael Lewis Minn. Ct. App. 2025
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
An accurate Norgaard plea requires “a strong factual basis and the defendant’s acknowledgement that the evidence would be sufficient for a jury to find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.” 7 - 13 (Minn. App. 2009), rev denied (Minn. Apr.
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A24-0704
Minn. Ct. App. 2025
-13 (Minn. App. 2009), rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2024
When making an ineffective- assistance-of-counsel claim, a petitioner is “not entitled to an evidentiary hearing if [their] allegations lack factual support and are directly refuted by [their] own testimony in the record.” rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2024
“Ordinarily, an adequate factual basis is established by questioning the defendant and asking the defendant to explain in his or her own words the circumstances surrounding the crime.” Williams v. State , (quotation omitted), rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
- State of Minnesota, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2024
- Chad Alan Hoflock, petitioner, Appellant, Minn. Ct. App. 2024
- State of Minnesota v. Kevin Kris Christensen Minn. Ct. App. 2024
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State of Minnesota v. Kevin Kris Christensen
Minn. Ct. App. 2024
1 In a Norgaard plea, “the defendant asserts an absence of memory on the essential elements of the offense but pleads guilty because the record establishes, and the defendant reasonably believes, that the state has sufficient evidence to obtain a conviction.” rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2024
Pursuant to the plea agreement, the district court stayed execution of 1 In a Norgaard plea, “the defendant asserts an absence of memory on the essential elements of the offense but pleads guilty because the record establishes, and the defendant reasonably believes, that the state has sufficient evidence to obtain a conviction.” rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2024
-13 (Minn. App. 2009), rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2024
at 717; (noting that the supreme court suggested in Ecker “that a factual basis for a Norgaard plea is sufficiently established when the record clearly shows that in all likelihood the defendant committed the offense and that the defendant pleaded guilty based on the likelihood that a jury would con
- State of Minnesota, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2024
- State of Minnesota v. Evan James Fasthorse Minn. Ct. App. 2024
- State of Minnesota v. Kevin Dran Thomas Minn. Ct. App. 2024
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State of Minnesota v. Kevin Dran Thomas
Minn. Ct. App. 2024
the [s]tate presented evidence in the form of testimony from the officers, 1 “A plea constitutes an Alford/Goulette plea if the defendant maintains innocence but pleads guilty because the record establishes, and the defendant reasonably believes, that the state has sufficient evidence to obtain a conviction.” rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
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State of Minnesota v. Evan James Fasthorse
Minn. Ct. App. 2024
Fasthorse waived his right to have a jury decide whether the 1 In a Norgaard plea, “the defendant asserts an absence of memory on the essential elements of the offense but pleads guilty because the record establishes, and the defendant reasonably believes, that the state has sufficient evidence to obtain a conviction.” rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
- State of Minnesota v. Anthony Paris Wilson Minn. Ct. App. 2024
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State of Minnesota v. Anthony Paris Wilson
Minn. Ct. App. 2024
“A plea constitutes a Norgaard plea if the defendant asserts an absence of memory on the essential elements of the offense but pleads guilty because the record establishes, and the defendant reasonably believes, that the state has sufficient evidence to obtain a conviction.” rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2024
And defendants are “not entitled to an evidentiary hearing if [their] allegations lack factual support and are directly refuted by [their] own testimony in the record.” rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
- State of Minnesota v. Ali Dayib Warsame Minn. Ct. App. 2024
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State of Minnesota v. Ali Dayib Warsame
Minn. Ct. App. 2024
“A plea constitutes a Norgaard plea if the defendant asserts an absence of memory on the essential elements of the offense but pleads guilty because the record establishes, and the defendant reasonably believes, that the state has sufficient evidence to obtain a conviction.” rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2023
1 A defendant enters a Norgaard plea when he “asserts an absence of memory on the essential elements of the offense but pleads guilty because the record establishes, and the defendant reasonably believes, that the state has sufficient evidence to obtain a conviction.” rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
- State of Minnesota, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2023
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Jade Joseph Nickels, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2023
(citing North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 37 (1970)), rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2023
“A plea constitutes a Norgaard plea if the defendant asserts an absence of memory on the essential elements of the offense but pleads guilty because the record establishes, and the defendant reasonably believes, that the state has sufficient evidence to obtain a conviction.” rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2023
tim one “to come to his bedroom.” Sanders told victim one that on September 2, 2021, he had placed a camera in her bedroom that recorded 1 “A plea constitutes an Alford/Goulette plea if the defendant maintains innocence but pleads guilty because the record establishes, and the defendant reasonably believes, that the state has sufficient evidence to obtain a conviction.” rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
- State of Minnesota, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2023
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2023
State v. Trott , d 248, 251 (Minn. 1983); see Williams v. State , rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
- Matthias Jacob Gould, petitioner, Appellant, Minn. Ct. App. 2022
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2022
“A plea is intelligently made if the defendant understands the charges, understands the rights that are waived by pleading guilty, and understands the consequences of the plea.” Williams v. State , (citation omitted).
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2022
“A plea constitutes a Norgaard plea if the defendant asserts an absence of memory on the essential elements of the offense but pleads guilty because the record establishes, and the defendant reasonably believes, that the state has sufficient evidence to obtain a conviction.” , rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
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Elliott Lamar-Seccer Pierson, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2022
However, the district court warned appellant th at if he violated any of the conditions of 1 “A plea constitutes a Norgaard plea if the defendant asse rts an absence of memory on the essential elements of the offense but pleads guilty because the record establishes, and the defendant reasonably believes, that the state has sufficient ev idence to obtain a conviction.” rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2022
“A plea is intelligently made if the defendant understands the charges, understands the rights that are waived by pleading guilty, and understands the consequences of the plea.” (), rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2022
An adequate factual basis for an Alford plea requires “two related components: a strong factual basis and the defendant’s ac knowledgement that th e evidence would be sufficient for a jury to find the defenda nt guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.” -13 (Minn. App. 2009), rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
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State of Minnesota, Respondent,
Minn. Ct. App. 2022
“A plea is intelligently made if the defendant understands the charges, understands the rights that are waived by pleading guilty, and understands the consequences of the plea.” () , rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
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Edward Richard Krasky, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2021
Krasky first contends that his guilty plea was not intelligent because he has “below- average intellectual functioning and is a vulnerable adult.” “A plea is intelligently made if the defendant understands the charges, understands the rights that are waived by pleading guilty, and understands the consequences of the plea.” rev. denied (Minn. Apr.
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Hassan Isak Omar, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2021
A defendant, however, “is not entitled to an evidentiary hearing if [their] allegations lack factual support and are directly refuted by [their] own testimony in the record.” rev. denied (Minn. April 21, 2009).
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S’Emaj Avyiair Okongwu, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2021
A defendant is not entitled to postconviction relief, or even an evidentiary hearing, “if [his] allegations lack factual support and are di rectly refuted by [his] own testimony in the record.” review denied (Minn. Apr.
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Christopher Paul Mattson, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2021
7 -13 (Minn. App. 2009), review denied (Minn. Apr.
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Emily Anna Jones, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2021
Jones’s at torney 1 “A plea constitutes a Norgaard plea if the defendant asserts an absence of memory on the essential elements of the offense but pleads guilty because the record establishes, and the defendant reasonably believes, that the state has sufficient evidence to obt ain a conviction.”
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Markhel D’John Harris-Franklin, petitioner, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2021
Williams v. State , review denied (Minn. Apr.