Court Opinion

ID: 9717817
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 07:10:42.94084+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:55.602980
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DeBRULER, Justice,
dissenting.
I go with the downright position taken by Judge Buchanan in his initial opinion when he concluded that Truman's admission before the lower tribunal that he was guilty but mentally ill was no plea at all. It was a nullity because it was not at the time sanctioned by the creator of all pleas, namely the General Assembly. Cf., IC § 35-4.1-2-1 (repealed 1982), and IC § 85-4.1-1~-1(b) (repealed 1982). I would therefore remand to the trial court with instructions to grant the petition for post-conviction relief.