2001 Minnesota Statutes

     192A.245 Pleas of the accused. 

    Subdivision 1.  If an accused after arraignment makes an 
 irregular pleading, or after a plea of guilty sets up matter 
 inconsistent with the plea, or if it appears that the accused 
 has entered the plea of guilty improvidently or through lack of 
 understanding of its meaning and effect, or if the accused fails 
 or refuses to plead, a plea of not guilty shall be entered in 
 the record, and the court shall proceed as though the accused 
 had pleaded not guilty. 

    Subd. 2.  With respect to any charge or specification to 
 which a plea of guilty has been made by the accused and accepted 
 by the military judge, a finding of guilty of the charge or 
 specification may, if permitted by rules issued pursuant to this 
 code, be entered immediately without vote. This finding shall 
 constitute the finding of the court unless the plea of guilty is 
 withdrawn prior to announcement of the sentence, in which event 
 the proceeding shall continue as though the accused had pleaded 
 not guilty. 

    HIST: 1963 c 661 s 192A.245; 1978 c 552 s 28; 1986 c 444