Legal Question in Criminal Law in Minnesota

Re: plea agreements

Signing a plea agreement (to plead guilty) in itself would make any appeal to an appellate court highly unlikely to prevail. If a person signed a plea agreement, then decided they would rather have not done so, normally the better course would be to file a motion to withdraw the plea, as soon as possible, and before sentencing.

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Re: plea agreements

After you sign a plea agreement, an appeal is not likely to be fruitful since your plea agreement specifically indicates that you understand the plea and waive your rights under it.

You may file a Motion seeking to withdraw your plea. After you have been sentenced, it is in the discretion of the court whether to allow the plea to be withdrawn and the court will do so only under very narrow circumstances. You have a better chance to withdraw your plea before you are sentenced.

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