Court Opinion

ID: 7074170
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-24 08:03:46.306565+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:12:42.099405
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DeBRULER, Justice,
dissenting.
For the reasons stated in my dissent in Floyd v. State (1994), Ind., 650 N.E.2d 28, I would dismiss the attempted appeal in the McMichel case, and reverse the denial of post-conviction remedy in the Gaddie case. In the MceMichel case, the court commissioner had no authority of any kind from the regular judge to make a final appealable judgment. Such commissioner's judgment totally lacks authority and is not appealable. In the Gaddie case, the court commissioner had no authority from the regular judge to render a judgment and sentence upon Gad-die's guilty plea. Gaddie is therefore entitled to post-conviction relief, as the sentence upon which he stands committed lacks authority and is a nullity.