MATTHEWS v. STATE

No. 885S316.

501 N.E.2d 425 (1986)

Walter MATTHEWS, Appellant (Petitioner below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Respondent below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

December 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan K. Carpenter, Public Defender, Vickie Yaser, Deputy Public Defender, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Cheryl L. Greiner, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


SHEPARD, Justice.

Pursuant to a plea bargain, petitioner Walter Matthews pled guilty to two counts of robbery and the State dismissed the remaining charges filed against him. The trial court accepted his pleas and imposed the recommended sentence of consecutive terms of ten years and twenty years.

In this appeal from denial of post-conviction relief, Matthews argues that his pleas were not entered voluntarily and intelligently because the trial court did not...

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