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State v. Spears

Citations

  • 433 N.W.2d 595
  • 147 Wis. 2d 429
  • 1988 Wisc. App. LEXIS 997

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that witness testimony at a plea hearing offered a sufficient factual basis for an Alford plea
  • noting that \the court's task in assessing the factual basis for a plea is not to search for evidence of innocence\
  • trial court's emphasis on seriousness of offense at sentencing affirmed even though defendant expressed \considerable remorse\
  • “‘A factual basis for acceptance of a plea exists if an inculpatory inference can reasonably be drawn by a jury from the facts ….’” (quoted source omitted)
  • “A factual basis for acceptance of a plea exists if an inculpatory inference can reasonably be drawn by a jury from the facts ... even if an exculpatory inference could also be drawn and defendant asserts the latter is the correct inference.”

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Judges: Dykman, Eich and Sundby

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