Lucas Roy Butala, Petitioner, Appellant v. State of Minnesota, Respondent

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Butala's request to withdraw his guilty pleas, holding that the undisclosed family-immunity and visitation arrangements did not make the pleas involuntary under the circumstances and that counsel was effective. It also concluded that Butala showed neither a fair-and-just reason nor a manifest injustice warranting withdrawal, despite the lack of counsel's advocacy on his presentence motion. Justice Page, dissenting and joined by Justices Meyer and Hanson, would have reversed because the prosecution's promises were not fully disclosed and Butala was denied effective assistance of counsel when seeking plea withdrawal.