Court Opinion

ID: 9744070
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 21:52:48.350811+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:46.492529
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DeBRULER, Justice,
dissenting.
The plea of guilty was given and accepted on February 18, 1979, prior to the effective date in December, 1981, of the rule announced in German v. State (1981), Ind., 428 N.E.2d. 234 requiring strict compliance by the trial courts of the State with the provisions of the guilty plea statute then existing, which has been recently overruled in White v. State (1986), Ind., 497 N.E.2d. *1087898. It should therefore be governed by the totality of the cireumstances standard set forth in Neeley v. State (1978), 269 Ind. 588, 382 N.E.2d. 714. Cf. Sherwood v. State (1985), Ind., 485 N.E.2d. 97. However, the majority does not review appellant's claim that he had not been advised by the trial court of the maximum possible sentence and minimum sentence for the offenses charged as required by 1.C. 85-4.-1-1-8(d) by the use of the totality of the circumstances standard, therefore making clear that the Neeley holding, insofar as it applies in enforcing the state legal requirements of the said statute, has been overruled as well. For the reasons stated in my dissent in White v. State, supra, and my dissents in Simpson v. State (1986), Ind., 499 N.E.2d 205, and Reid v. State (1986), Ind., 499 N.E.2d 207, I would hold that the Neeley standard applies here. The record as a whole here, including the written plea agreement, show non-compliance with 1.C. 35-4.1-1-3(d) and for this I would reverse and remand and require that post-conviction relief be granted in the form of permission to withdraw the plea of guilty and to enter a new plea of not guilty, and put the State to its proof. This is in accord with the following cases in which the failure to advise of the range of penalties on the record was specifically found to constitute grounds for post-conviction relief. See: Johnson v. State (1983), Ind., 457 N.E.2d. 196; Shaw v. State (1st Dist.1983), 456 N.E.2d 758; Kidder v. State (3rd Dist.1983), 456 N.E.2d 427; Martin v. State (1983), 453 N.E.2d. 199; Helton v. State (1st Dist 1982), 443 N.E.2d 1201; McKinney v. State (3rd Dist.1982), 442 N.E.2d 727.