MERRIWEATHER v. STATE

No. 184S20.

499 N.E.2d 209 (1986)

Emmett MERRIWEATHER, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Rehearing Denied December 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan K. Carpenter, Public Defender, Rick Ranucci, Deputy Public Defender, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Kenneth P. Williams, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


DICKSON, Justice.

On May 19, 1981, the trial court accepted petitioner Emmett Merriweather's plea of guilty to robbery, a class B felony, pursuant to a written plea agreement whereby the State recommended a fifteen (15) year sentence for robbery and agreed to forego prosecution for murder. In his post-conviction proceeding, the petitioner sought to vacate the plea of guilty because of alleged failures of the trial court's guilty plea advisements regarding the following...

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