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VITTITOE v. STATE

No. 07-58050.

556 So.2d 1062 (1990)

Joseph D. VITTITOE v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi, En Banc.

February 7, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Webster, Twiford & Webster, Clarksdale, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen., elected Supreme Court Justice Jan. 3, 1989, Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., DeWitt Allred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

Our law provides that the trial judge must advise one wishing to plead guilty to a criminal offense of the minimum mandatory penalty provided by law for the charge at issue. This appeal presents the question whether compliance with that rule is a requisite to a valid and enforceable plea of guilty.

The question is presented by Joseph D. Vittitoe who on May 31, 1983, in the Circuit Court of Coahoma County, Mississippi, entered...

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