REFFETT v. STATE

No. 69S01-9105-CR-00375.

571 N.E.2d 1227 (1991)

Marvin REFFETT, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

May 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan K. Carpenter, Public Defender and Jonathan Parkhurst, Deputy Public Defender, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen. and Mary Dreyer, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

May a trial judge who has accepted a plea, approved a plea agreement, and found a defendant guilty of a felony without first ordering and reviewing a presentence report subsequently revoke his acceptance after reviewing the report? We hold that he may not.

I. Factual Background

On November 17, 1986, Marvin Reffett was stopped by a police officer in Ripley County for drifting left of center. Reffett was charged with...

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