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Appellate courts review “a district court’s decision to deny a withdrawal motion for abuse of discretion, reversing only in the rare case.” (quotation omitted); -66 (Minn. 1989) (rejecting more lenient approach to presentence guilty plea withdrawals).

“To be constitutionally valid, a guilty plea must be accurate, voluntary, and intelligent.” (citing North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 31 (1970)).

DECISION “A defendant has no absolute right to withdraw a guilty plea after entering it.”

“A defendant has no absolute right to withdraw a guilty plea after entering it.” see also Minn. R. Crim.

Direct consequences mean, principally, “the maximum sentence and fine.”

District courts must give due consideration to two factors in determining whether withdrawal would be fair and just: “(1) the reasons a defendant advances to support withdrawal and (2) prejudice granting the motion would cause the State given reliance on the plea.” (explaining Minn. R. Crim.

DECISION “A defendant has no absolute right to withdraw a guilty plea after entering it.” see also Minn. R. Crim.

“A manifest injustice exists if a guilty plea is not valid.”

“A defendant has no absolute right to withdraw a guilty plea after entering it.”

A defendant may withdraw a guilty plea if “withdrawal is necessary to correct a manifest injustice.” (quoting Minn. R. Crim.

“The [s]tate bears the burden of showing prejudice caused by withdrawal.”

“A manifest injustice exists if a guilty plea is not valid.”

9 Although a criminal defendant does not have an “absolute right” to withdraw a guilty plea, the district court must allow withdrawal “to correct a manifest injustice.” (quotation omitted); Minn. R. Crim.

“To be constitutionally valid, a guilty plea must be accurate, voluntary, and intelligent.” (citing Alford, 400 U.S. at 31).

“To be constitutionally valid, a guilty plea must be accurate, voluntary, and intelligent.”

-94 (Minn. 2010) (quotations and citations omitted).

“To be constitutionally valid, a guilty plea must be accurate, voluntary, and intelligent.”

A defendant may withdraw a guilty plea if “withdrawal is necessary to correct a manifest injustice.” (quoting Minn. R. Crim.

necessary to correct a manifest injustice.” (quotation omitted).

-97 (Minn. 2010) (stating that guilty plea is “intelligent” if defendant understands “the consequences of his plea,” including maximum sentence).

DECISION “A defendant has no absolute right to withdraw a guilty plea after entering it.”

“A defendant has no absolute right to withdraw a guilty plea after entering it.”

District courts must give due consideration to two factors i n determining whether withdrawal would be fair and just : “(1) the reasons a defendant advances to support withdrawal and (2) prejudice granting the motion would cause the [s]tate given reliance on the plea.” .

A guilty plea is not intelligent if the defendant does not understand “the consequences of his plea.” d 90, 96 (Minn. 2010).

“A defendant has no absolute right to withdraw a guilty plea after entering it.”

“To be constitutionally valid, a guilty plea must be accurate, voluntary, and intelligent.”

Although a criminal defendant does not have an “absolute right” to withdraw a guilty plea, the court must allow withdrawal “to correct a manifest injustice.” (quotation omitted); accord Minn. R. Crim.