SCHWERM v. STATE

No. 42310.

181 N.W.2d 867 (1970)

William C. SCHWERM, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 4, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, Roberta K. Levy, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Douglas M. Head, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, William B. Randall, County Atty., Steven C. DeCoster, Asst. County Atty., St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard before KNUTSON, C. J., and NELSON, MURPHY, PETERSON, and ROSENGREN, JJ.


OPINION

PETERSON, Justice.

Petitioner, who was convicted of aggravated robbery upon his plea of guilty, appeals from an order denying his postconviction petition to set aside the conviction on the ground that his plea of guilty was not voluntarily made.1

The essence of the petitioner's claim is that he was induced to plead guilty because of his belief that he would receive only a 7-year sentence to be served concurrently...

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