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(citing State v. Ecker , ), review denied (Minn. Apr.

Evidence of Intent to Kill Dominguez next argues that “[a] court is not permitted to accept a plea A greement with convictions for which insufficient evidence exists.” A valid guilty plea must be “accurate, voluntary and intelligent .” State v. Ecker

“A proper factual basis must be established for a guilty plea to be accurate.” State v. Ecker

y’s office that had prosecuted Rowell, and was in turn directed to the county court administration for copies of the complaint and 1 An Alford plea is a guilty plea in which the defendant maintains his or her innocence but “reasonably believes, and the record establishes, the state has sufficient evidence to obtain a conviction.” (citing North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 37, 91 S. Ct. 160, 167 (1970)).

State v. Ecker , 8 (Minn. 1994).

See State v. Ecker , 6 (Minn. 1994) (holding that a defendant must ha ve laid a “proper factual basis” for the district court to accept a guilty plea).

A defendant enters an Alford plea if he maintains his innocence but “reasonably believes, and the record establishes, the state has sufficient evidence to obtain a conviction.” (citing North Carolina v. 5 Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 37, 91 S. Ct. 160, 167 (1970)).

A plea can be involuntary if a defendant is represented by an attorney whose advice is not within the “range of competence demanded of attorneys in criminal cases.”

d substantial capacity for judgment.” In November 2016, the state opposed Yard’s motion at sentencing and asked the district court to sentence Yard to 1 A Norgaard plea allows a defendant to plead guilty “even though he or she claims a loss of memory, through amnesia or intoxication, regarding the circumstances of the offense.” State v. Ecker , - 17 (Minn. 1994) (citing State ex rel.

To sa tisfy the accuracy requirement, a guilty plea must be established on a “proper factual basis.”

“A proper factual basis must be established for a guilty plea to be accurate.” State 5 v. Ecker

In a Norgaard plea, a defendant may “plead guilty even though he or she claims a loss of 7 memory, through amnesia or intoxication, regarding the circumstances of the offense.” State ex rel.

“A proper factual basis must be established for a guilty plea to be accurate.” (); (stating that a claim of an insufficient factual basis to support a guilty plea is a challenge to the validity of the plea).

At one extreme, “the government may not produce a plea through actual or threatened physical harm, or by mental coercion ‘overbearing the will of the defendant.’ ” (quoting Brady v. United States, 397 U.S. 742, 750 , 90 S.Ct.

366, 369 , 88 L.Ed.2d 203 (1985); ).

d 910, 914 (Minn. App. 2011).

-17 (Minn. 1994) (stating a Norgaard plea occurs when a defendant pleads guilty even though he claims a loss of memory of committing the offense).

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