Case Name: Brent Ray BROOKS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Lawrence MORRIS, Warden, Utah State Prison, Defendant and Respondent
Court: Utah Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Utah
Decision Date: 1985-10-28
Citations: 709 P.2d 310
Docket Number: No. 20120
Parties: Brent Ray BROOKS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Lawrence MORRIS, Warden, Utah State Prison, Defendant and Respondent.
Judges: STEWART, J., concurs in the result.
Reporter: Pacific Reporter 2d
Volume: 709
Pages: 310–311

Head Matter:
Brent Ray BROOKS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Lawrence MORRIS, Warden, Utah State Prison, Defendant and Respondent.
No. 20120.
Supreme Court of Utah.
Oct. 28, 1985.
J. Bruce Savage, Jr., Park City, for plaintiff and appellant.
David L. Wilkinson, Atty. Gen., J. Stephen Mikita, Salt Lake City, for defendant and respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
This is an appeal from a denial of a petition for habeas corpus. The companion case of Warner v. Morris, 709 P.2d 309, (1985), is dispositive.
In 1981, appellant pleaded guilty to second degree murder. Before accepting the plea, the trial judge carefully examined appellant to insure that the plea was intelligently and voluntarily entered. The judge did not, however, ask specifically whether appellant understood that he was waiving his right against compulsory self-incrimination. In 1982, by petition for writ of habe-as corpus, appellant sought release under the theory that his plea had not been entered knowingly and voluntarily. The district court denied the petition, whereupon this appeal was filed.
It is true that, in accepting the plea, the trial judge did not comply with the letter of Utah R.Crim.P. 11(e)(3). Nevertheless, the record as a whole affirmatively establishes that appellant entered his plea with full knowledge and understanding of its consequences and of the rights he was waiving, including his right against self-incrimination.
The decision of the district court is therefore affirmed.
STEWART, J., concurs in the result.