Court Opinion

ID: 9531210
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:08:41.160877+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:28:22.250452
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HOFFMAN, Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the majority opinion.
IND.CODE § 35-85-1-4(b) requires that the motion to withdraw the plea of guilty shall be in writing and verified. It must also state facts in support of the relief demanded. In this case, Fletcher filed such a motion. That was the only pleading or evidence before the trial court. The State did not file a counter-affidavit which is permitted under the statute. The record clearly shows that the trial court did not view the guilty plea transcript. Cf. Bewley v. State (1991), Ind.App., 572 N.E.2d 541, 544-545 trans. den. (trial court which reviewed guilty plea tran-seript did not err in failing to grant motion to withdraw guilty plea).
Therefore, this cause should be remanded and the trial court to receive further evidence or grant the withdrawal of the guilty plea.