Bradford Cain Dopkins v. State of Minnesota

Syllabus

Appellant challenges the postconviction court's denial of his request for relief, in which he claimed that his guilty pleas to first-degree assault and making threats of violence were invalid. Because appellant's guilty plea to first-degree assault lacked an adequate factual basis and was therefore inaccurate, we reverse in part and remand for further proceedings. However, because appellant has not met his burden to establish that his guilty pleas were unintelligent, we reject his request for relief on that ground. We also reject appellant's additional pro se arguments for relief.