Title: Nelson v. State

State: indiana

Issuer: Indiana Supreme Court

Document:

465 N.E.2d 1391 (1984)
Eric NELSON, Appellant (Respondent below),
v.
STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Petitioner below).
No. 683S202.

Supreme Court of Indiana.
July 27, 1984.
Rehearing Denied September 17, 1984.
Susan K. Carpenter, Public Defender, David Swinford, Deputy Public Defender, Indianapolis, for appellant.
Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Richard Albert Alford, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.
HUNTER, Justice.
In petition for post-conviction relief,
GIVAN, C.J., and DeBRULER, J., concur.
PRENTICE, J., concurs in result.
PIVARNIK, J., dissents.
[1]  The record shows that the court did carefully inform petitioner of the specific constitutional rights that he waived by pleading guilty. However, he did not inform petitioner "of any possible increased sentence by reason of the fact of a prior conviction or convictions" as the statute required. Ind. Code § 35-4.1-1-3(d) (Burns 1979 Repl.). Later, at the sentencing hearing, the court did use the prior convictions as one of the aggravating factors to enhance the sentence.
[2]  Hoelscher v. State, (1984) Ind., 465 N.E.2d 715; Avery v. State, (1984) Ind., 463 N.E.2d 1088; Johnson v. State, (1983) Ind., 453 N.E.2d 975.