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State v. Blum

Citations

  • 560 N.W.2d 7
  • 1997 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 65
  • 1997 WL 66101

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  • holding stress of incarceration, pain from a foot injury, and worry about prospects at trial did not make a guilty plea involuntary
  • refusing to find that alleged stress and pressure from defendant’s long confinement in jail prevented his entering a voluntary and intelligent plea
  • declining to find alleged stress and pressure from defendant’s long confinement in jail prevented his entering a voluntary and intelligent plea
  • noting “Blum moved to withdraw his guilty plea” before holding that “[i]t lies within the trial court’s sound discretion whether to grant or deny a withdrawal of a guilty plea”
  • determining whether a plea was entered into voluntarily
  • setting forth standard of review

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Judges: McGiverin, Harris, Larson, Carter, Lavorato

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