Court Opinion

ID: 9671640
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 03:40:58.054521+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:11.214799
License: Public Domain

ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING OR TRANSFER TO THE COURT EN BANC
PER CURIAM.
Appellant asserts, inter alia, that the facts relating to appellant’s alleged tender of a plea of guilty to the lesser offense of murder in the second degree are part of the record on appeal in this case.
The transcript of the trial itself is devoid of any reference to any tendered plea. The motion for new trial alleges that the court erred in refusing to accept a plea of guilty to murder in the second degree. At the time the court overruled the motion for new trial, the court dictated its ruling into the record and the remarks of the court indicate that there was an effort to plead guilty to second-degree murder at some point during the trial. The court’s remarks indicate that the plea to the lesser offense of murder in the second degree was refused because the appellant denied he stabbed the victim. The court’s remarks do not set forth whether the charge had been reduced to murder second nor the position of the prosecutor with respect to the alleged tendered plea to murder in the second degree. The record on this matter is wholly insufficient to form a basis for holding that the trial court erred in refusing to accept the alleged plea to the lesser offense.
*7After the transcript on appeal was filed in this court, there was an affidavit signed by appellant’s attorney filed here setting forth what appellant’s attorney claims took place with reference to the alleged tendered plea of guilty. The affidavit was not agreed to nor concurred in by the state and did not constitute a stipulation nor does it suffice to supplement the record. Appellant supports his motion for rehearing with a document styled “Affidavit” which is the same as the original affidavit of defense counsel except that the latter document purports to be a stipulation whereas the former does not. Additionally, neither the first nor second affidavit has been agreed to by the state as accurately setting forth the alleged events and, therefore, cannot be considered as a supplement to the record on appeal.
In these circumstances the court cannot consider the point on this appeal and it is, therefore, overruled.
The other points asserted in appellant’s motion have been considered and are overruled.
Appellant’s motion for rehearing or transfer to the court en banc is overruled.