Volume 274 — Minnesota Reports

<bold>Criminal law — evidence — admissibility — statements by</bold> <bold>accused during investigation</bold>. <block_quote> Where there is nothing in the record to indicate that defendant's conversations or statements during the ordinary investigative process conducted by the police officers were the results of coercions, threats, or promises on the part of the officers, we hold that the trial court did not err in failing to exclude them under the facts and circumstances here. State ex rel. Ogg v. Tahash, <cross_reference>273 Minn. 187</cross_reference>, <cross_reference>140 N.W.2d 692</cross_reference>, controlling.</block_quote>

<bold>Criminal law — postconviction claim — denial of evidentiary</bold> <bold>hearing</bold>. <block_quote> Whether a petitioner is entitled to an evidentiary hearing on a postconviction claim is left to the sound discretion of the trial court. <italic>Held</italic>, the pertinent issues raised here have already been determined in our earlier decision involving the same defendant. State v. Owens, <cross_reference>268 Minn. 321</cross_reference>, <cross_reference>129 N.W.2d 284</cross_reference>.</block_quote><page_number>Page 202</page_number>

<bold>Criminal law — plea of guilty — acceptance — propriety</bold>. <block_quote> On appeal from a judgment of conviction entered upon a plea of guilty, it is held that the record supports the determination of the trial judge that the plea of guilty be accepted.</block_quote>