Court Opinion

ID: 9860687
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 23:29:19.529885+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:26:23.456299
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion
Arterburn, J.
I dissent from the granting of Post-Conviction relief in this case.
The record shows that this was a bargained plea in which the first degree murder charge was reduced to second degree by agreement with the prosecutor. Now the defendant reneges on that arrangement after 4 or 5 years and contends that the trial court did not properly instruct him on his constitutional rights.
The record clearly shows that his contention is not true. The record shows: “and the defendant is now interrogated by the Court and instructed as to his constitutional rights. . . .” *423I find no cases that require that the Judge has to read the Constitution, read every provision and give a lecture on constitutional law and put the lecture in the record before he can take a plea of guilty.
This man had adequate, competent counsel which was for the purpose of informing him of his legal rights. I can see no grounds whatever or any evidence that this man was deceived or misinformed of his constitutional rights.
Note. — Reported at 355 N.E.2d 395.