State v. Hopkins

Supreme Court of Minnesota

State v. Hopkins

198 N.W.2d 542, 293 Minn. 522, 1972 Minn. LEXIS 1272

CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota

DecidedJune 16, 1972

Docket42926

StatusPublished

Cited by8 cases

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State v. Hopkins, 198 N.W.2d 542, 293 Minn. 522, 1972 Minn. LEXIS 1272 (Mich. 1972).

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Per Curiam.

Defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction for aggravated assault, upon his plea of guilty, asserting that no factual basis for his plea was disclosed and that he did not understand the nature and elements of the offense, resulting in a manifest injustice. Chapman v. State, 282 Minn. 13, 162 N. W. 2d 698 (1968).

Defendant was charged with aggravated rape, aggravated by pulling a knife to overcome the resistance of his victim. His privately retained counsel negotiated the plea of guilty to the lesser offense of aggravated *523 assault, which defendant admits he discussed with his counsel. His answers to questions by the prosecutor disclose a factual basis for the plea even though no question was specifically directed to the element of intent. State v. Jacobs, 292 Minn. 41, 192 N. W. 2d 816 (1971). It may be presumed that his counsel informed him of the nature and elements of the offense, State v. Feather, 288 Minn. 556, 181 N. W. 2d 478 (1970), and his understanding may additionally be assumed from the fact that he had been convicted of the same offense of aggravated assault in another county just one month earlier, Oksanen v. State, 290 Minn. 530, 187 N. W. 2d 771 (1971).

Affirmed.

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Per Curiam.

Defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction for aggravated assault, upon his plea of guilty, asserting that no factual basis for his plea was disclosed and that he did not understand the nature and elements of the offense, resulting in a manifest injustice. Chapman v. State, 282 Minn. 13, 162 N. W. 2d 698 (1968).

Defendant was charged with aggravated rape, aggravated by pulling a knife to overcome the resistance of his victim. His privately retained counsel negotiated the plea of guilty to the lesser offense of aggravated *523 assault, which defendant admits he discussed with his counsel. His answers to questions by the prosecutor disclose a factual basis for the plea even though no question was specifically directed to the element of intent. State v. Jacobs, 292 Minn. 41, 192 N. W. 2d 816 (1971). It may be presumed that his counsel informed him of the nature and elements of the offense, State v. Feather, 288 Minn. 556, 181 N. W. 2d 478 (1970), and his understanding may additionally be assumed from the fact that he had been convicted of the same offense of aggravated assault in another county just one month earlier, Oksanen v. State, 290 Minn. 530, 187 N. W. 2d 771 (1971).

Affirmed.

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198 N.W.2d 542, 293 Minn. 522, 1972 Minn. LEXIS 1272, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/state-v-hopkins-minn-1972.

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