Beaman v. State, 44099
Decision Date | 13 September 1974 |
Docket Number | No. 44099,44099 |
Citation | 221 N.W.2d 698,301 Minn. 180 |
Parties | Margie Yuvonne BEAMAN, Appellant. v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent. |
Court | Minnesota Supreme Court |
C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.
Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Jonathan H. Morgan, Sol. Gen., Peter W. Sipkins, Asst. Sol. Gen., Robert C. Carlson, spec. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Jerome A. Schreiber, County Atty., Wabasha, for respondent.
Considered and decided by the court without oral argument.
Petitioner, whose conviction for first-degree manslaughter was based upon a plea of guilty, contends on this appeal from the order denying postconviction relief that she should be permitted to withdraw her plea because the record does not contain an adequate factual basis for the plea and because statements she made at the time of entry of plea were inconsistent with the plea. 1 After careful study and consideration, we reverse the order denying postconviction relief.
On December 11, 1970, a Wabasha County grand jury indicted petitioner for first-degree murder in the handgun killing of Harry Francis, a Lake City nurseryman, on November 29, 1970. Petitioner pleaded not guilty to this indictment. The Rasmussen hearing was held on May 10, 1971, and jury selection occurred on May 18, 19, 20, 24, and 25, 1971. During this entire period petitioner maintained that the killing was accidental and it was clear that the only guilty plea she would consider was to a charge of second-degree manslaughter (negligent, unintentional homicide). However, following the noon recess and just prior to the commencement of trial on May 25, 1971, petitioner's counsel, who was in chambers, received a message from petitioner, who was in the courtroom which was then filling with spectators. After talking with petitioner, counsel advised the court that petitioner, against his advice, wished to plead guilty to first-degree manslaughter. Thereafter, in open court, the state moved to reduce the charge and petitioner entered her plea. At that time petitioner in response to questions by the court, testified as follows concerning the killing itself:
After accepting the plea and receiving a presentence report, the trial court, on June 17, 1971, sentenced petitioner to a period of confinement not to exceed 10 years.
Petitioner, who did not appeal from the judgment of conviction, filed her petition for postconviction relief on April 10, 1972. The hearing on this petition was held on July 7, 1972. At this hearing petitioner for the first time testified in detail concerning the killing, saying that she had been involved in a relationship with the victim for a number of years; that she had bought the gun for him as a Christmas gift; that she had seen the victim on Saturday and had told him that she was going to go out of town for a while and did not want to take the gun along; that they had agreed to meet the next day at 3 p.m.; that they met and arranged another meeting for later in the afternoon; and that it was at this later meeting that the shots were fired. Petitioner testified that she arrived at the nursery before the victim; that when she arrived she set the gun on some boxes; that while waiting for the victim she thought she saw her husband drive up; that she grabbed the gun and prepared to go out the back door if her husband entered the building, but that her husband did not come in. She then testified that after waiting nervously for approximately 15 minutes she heard the boiler door slam (a signal the victim usually gave when he entered the building), and she advanced to meet and kiss him. Following is her testimony of what then happened:
Petitioner testified as follows as to why she had pleaded guilty:
After painstaking examination of the record and careful consideration of the briefs, we have concluded that the interests of justice require that we reverse the order...
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