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State v. Fries

Supreme Court of Minnesota
Jun 27, 1975
231 N.W.2d 553 (Minn. 1975)

Opinion

No. 44901.

June 27, 1975.

Criminal law — incest conviction — acceptance of guilty plea — propriety.

Appeal by Erwin C. Fries from a judgment of the Sibley County District Court, Arlo E. Haering, Judge, whereby he was convicted of incest. Affirmed.

C. Paul Jones, State Public Defender, and Barbara Britt, Assistant State Public Defender, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Attorney General, Peter W. Sipkins, Solicitor General, Richard B. Allyn, Assistant Attorney General, Gary Hansen, Special Assistant Attorney General, and Raphael J. Miller, County Attorney, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court without oral argument.


Defendant, whose incest conviction, Minn. St. 609.365, was based upon a plea of guilty, contends upon this appeal from judgment of conviction that the trial court erred in accepting his plea. We affirm.

Defendant's claim that there was an inadequate factual basis is based upon the fact that the prosecutor did not move to amend the date in the information to reflect defendant's testimony as to the date he committed the act. Defendant was not prejudiced by this and, therefore, will not be permitted to plead anew on this ground. See, Minn. St. 628.19. The other issues raised by defendant — specifically, that he should be permitted to plead anew because the trial court did not elicit all the testimony establishing the factual basis for the plea and because the trial court did not inform defendant of all his constitutional rights before accepting the plea — are answered by this court's opinions in State v. Irving, 299 Minn. 211, 217 N.W.2d 197 (1974), and State v. Propotnik, 299 Minn. 56, 216 N.W.2d 637 (1974), respectively.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

State v. Fries

Supreme Court of Minnesota
Jun 27, 1975
231 N.W.2d 553 (Minn. 1975)
Case details for

State v. Fries

Case Details

Full title:STATE v. ERWIN C. FRIES

Court:Supreme Court of Minnesota

Date published: Jun 27, 1975

Citations

231 N.W.2d 553 (Minn. 1975)
231 N.W.2d 553

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