Court Opinion

ID: 9474223
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 04:51:08.095528+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:43:57.989969
License: Public Domain

BAUER, J.,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I concur in the opinion insofar as it affirms the conviction of Granger. I dissent from that part of the opinion that finds that the various components of Rule 11 were inadequate as to the defendant Fountain. It seems obvious to me that Fountain acknowledged his part in the affair so as to comply with the dictates of Rule 11 even though he couched his responses in a less than confession form. The flavor of the trial proceedings is frequently harder to understand on the appellate level. Things obvious to all the observers and court personnel may not be quite so obvious from the cold record of words. Even admitting this, I am still of the opinion that the record quoted in the majority opinion meets the test of a proper Rule 11 discussion.