Case Name: Marty SHAW, Appellant (Petitioner Below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Respondent Below)
Court: Court of Appeals of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1983-12-07
Citations: 456 N.E.2d 758
Docket Number: No. 1-883A251
Parties: Marty SHAW, Appellant (Petitioner Below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Respondent Below).
Judges: RATLIFF, J., concurs with separate opinion.
Reporter: North Eastern Reporter 2d
Volume: 456
Pages: 758–759

Head Matter:
Marty SHAW, Appellant (Petitioner Below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Respondent Below).
No. 1-883A251.
Court of Appeals of Indiana, First District.
Dec. 7, 1983.
Samuel S. Shapiro, Applegate & Shapiro, Bloomington, for appellant.
Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Jay Rodia, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appel-lee.

Opinion:
ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.
The defendant-appellant Shaw appeals from the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. He contends that his guilty plea was not freely and voluntarily given in several respects. Because we reverse, we shall discuss only one issue.
Shaw entered a plea of guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, a Class D Felony. The record shows that the trial judge correctly advised him of the range of penalties appropriate to a Class D Felony and then sentenced Shaw pursuant ' to IND.CODE 85-50-2-7(b) which allows penalties associated with a Class A misdemeanor to be levied. Shaw was not advised of the alternative sentencing possibility.
Our supreme court demands strict compliance with the language of IND. CODE 35-4.1-1-3 when accepting a guilty plea. German v. State, (1981) Ind., 428 N.E.2d 234.
In recognition of the supreme court's insistence of strict adherence to the | statutory scheme of accepting guilty pleas, we are forced to the conclusion that Shaw was not adequately advised of the minimum possible sentence to which he was exposed upon entering a guilty plea. See: Payton v. State, (1983) Ind.App., 451 N.E.2d 384.
We reverse the trial court and remand the case with instructions to grant Shaw's petition for post-conviction relief.
Reversed and remanded.
RATLIFF, J., concurs with separate opinion.
NEAL, J., concurs in result.