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court allowed the defendant to withdraw his guilty plea to the
battery charge because there was
no evidence that would provide the factual basis for that
charge.
Senator Craig has challenged his plea on several grounds. He
argues that his plea was notvoluntary because he was under severe
anxiety at the incident becoming public, and that he had aplane to
catch. He argues that the officer promised him that the incident
would remain private if
he pleaded guilty, and so his guilty plea was made under the
extreme stress of the situation. Craig
also argues that there are insufficient facts to support the
conviction. He argues that the officersversion of the events in the
bathroom stall cannot support a conviction under the Minnesota
disorderly conduct statute.
(To see the full text of Craigs motion, please see:
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/craig.pdf
)
Whether the judge will accept these arguments remains to be
seen.
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