Court Opinion

ID: 9558149
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 17:03:26.202534+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:08:22.213117
License: Public Domain

Hicks, J.
(concurring) — The facts of the case indicate that the petitioner can neither read nor write and that he has spent over a year in a school for retarded children. He did not appeal from the sentence imposed on a plea of guilty following a plea bargain. His present contention that he was confused at the time of sentencing concerning his right to appeal when the prosecuting attorney refused to abide by the agreement made prior to petitioner's guilty plea seems reasonable. In this instance, it seems clear that no conscious or deliberate choice was made by petitioner not to appeal. No protracted delay occurred before petitioner brought a personal restraint petition challenging the prosecutor's action on constitutional grounds. I am aware of no procedural or other reason barring petitioner's request. Consequently, I concur with the result of the per curiam opinion that this matter be remanded.