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Aiding Offender After the Fact Principal Offender
cassiejohnson//December 14, 2015//
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Appellant argued that the District Court erred by denying his motion to withdraw his guilty plea to the offense of aiding an offender after the fact when a jury subsequently found the principal offender not guilty of the underlying offense. The Court of Appeals held that a factual basis for a valid guilty plea to the crime of aiding an offender after the fact can be established without regard to whether the principal offender is convicted of the underlying offense. Affirmed.
A15-0050 State v. Townsend (Hennepin County)
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