State v. Davia

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• holding that trial court’s failure to establish on the record that defendant’s no contest plea was knowing and voluntary constituted an abuse of discretion that amounted to plain error
• holding it was plain error for trial court to fail to engage defendant in a colloquy prior to accepting defendant's no contest plea
• prosecution conceded, and this court held, that district court plainly erred by failing to ensure that defendant-appellant’s no contest plea was knowingly and voluntarily made
• prosecution conceded, and this court held, that district court plainly erred by failing to ensure that defendant-appellant's no contest plea was knowingly and voluntarily made
• \The authority of a trial court to select and determine the severity of a penalty is normally undisturbed on review in the absence of an apparent abuse of discretion or unless applicable statutory or constitutional commands have not been observed.\
• noting the legislature's finding to that effect

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