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“The purpose of the voluntariness requirement is to [make certain] that the defendant is not pleading guilty because of improper pressures.” d 248, 251 (Minn. 1983).

Shelby testified that he understood this to mean that if he pleaded guilty, probation was “guaranteed.” The Minnesota Supreme Court has been “unwilling to hold t hat a defendant must be questioned by the trial court at the time he enters his guilty plea to insure that he understands what the presumptive sentence is under the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines.” State v. Trott

The district court should not accept a plea “unless the record supports the conclusion that the defendant actually committed an offense at least as serious as the crime to which he is pleading guilty.”

d 248, 252 (Minn. 1983).

“The main purpose of the accuracy requirement is to protect a defendant from pleading guilty to a more serious offense than he could be convicted of were he to insist on his right to trial.”

“[T]he plea petition and colloquy ma y be supplemented by other evidence to establish the factual basis for a plea.” Id.; (concluding that the en tire record, including the co mplaint, was sufficient to establish a factual basis for a guilty plea).

d 248, 251 (Minn. 1983) (“The main purpose of the accuracy requirement is to protect a defendant from pleading guilty to a more serious offense than he could be convicted of were he to insist on his right to trial.”).

(“If the former counsel made an unqualified promise of probation, then defendant should be permitted to withdraw his plea on the ground that the promise is unfulfilled.”).

“The main purpose of the accuracy requirement is to protect a defendant from pleading guilty to a more serious offense than he could be convicted of were he to insist on his right to trial.”

“The main purpose of the accuracy requirement is to protect a defendant from pleading guilty to a more serious offense than he could be convicted of were he to insist on his right to trial.”

see also North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 31 (1970) (stating that a guilty plea is valid when “the plea represents a voluntary and intelligent choice among the alternative courses of action open to the defendant”).

252 (Minn. 1983); -66 (holding that children struck with hands and a belt had suffered third-degree assault and experienced egregious harm).

See, (finding three-foot-long board qualified as a dangerous weapon when used to repeatedly beat victim); (holding evidence sufficient to sustain conviction when cowboy boots were used to kick victim repeatedly in the head and chest).

DECISION Before accepting a guilty plea, “the [district] court must determine whether the plea is ‘accurate, voluntary and intelligent (i.e., knowingly and understandingly made)’, and whether there is an adequate factual basis for the plea on the record.” ().

See, (concluding that an adequate factual basis for a plea existed in part because by pleading guilty, the defendant “in effect judicially admitted the allegations contained in the complaint”); State v. Hoaglund, 307 Minn. 322, 326-27, (considering the contents of the criminal c

(“The record also contains a copy of the complaint and defendant, by his plea of guilty, in effect judicially admitted the allegations contained in the complaint.”).

(grand jury testimony); (sworn complaint of an off-duty police officer); (complaint and photos of the victim’s injuries); d 412, 413 (Minn. 1979) (sworn statements and testimony of the victims that had been introduced at earlier hearings).

See, (“The record also contains a copy of the complaint and defendant, by his plea of guilty, in effect judicially admitted the allegations contained in the complaint.”); (“[T]he sworn complaint, which was part of the record at the time of the plea

“The main purpose of the accuracy requirement is to protect a defendant from pleading guilty to a more serious offense than he could be convicted of were he to insist on his right to trial.”