Court Opinion

ID: 9594734
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 00:32:34.123937+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:40:09.223196
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Thompson, Justice,
dissenting.
I fully agree with the majority that the language of USCR 33.9 is mandatory and the trial court in this case failed to satisfy the requirements of that Rule. However, I would hold that strict compliance with the Rule is required and that the denial of the motion to withdraw amounted to reversible error.
The procedural safeguards of Rule 33.9 require that the trial court make an “inquiry on the record” of the plea proceedings sufficient to satisfy itself “that there is factual basis for the plea.” Absent such an inquiry and determination on the record at that stage of the proceedings, “the judge should not enter judgment upon such plea.” This requirement is reiterated in USCR 33.11 (C), which mandates that a verbatim record of the plea proceedings be made and that it include “the inquiry into the accuracy of the plea (as required in section 33.9) . ...” I would not apply Rule 33.12 to permit deviation from Rule 33.9.