STATE v. ENGLE

No. 94-2042.

74 Ohio St.3d 525 (1996)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. ENGLE, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided February 14, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg Marx, Assistant Fairfield County Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

David H. Bodiker, Ohio Public Defender, Kort Gatterdam and David Hanson, Assistant Public Defenders, for appellant.


WRIGHT, J.

When a defendant enters a plea in a criminal case, the plea must be made knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily. Failure on any of those points renders enforcement of the plea unconstitutional under both the United States Constitution and the Ohio Constitution. Kercheval v. United States (1927), 274 U.S. 220, 223, 47 S.Ct. 582, 583, 71 L.Ed. 1009, 1012; Mabry v. Johnson (1984), 467 U.S. 504...

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