Pharms v. State

STATON, Presiding Judge.

James Edward Pharms (Pharms) pled guilty in 1977 to one count of robbery. On belated appeal from denial of his petition for post-conviction relief he raises two issues:

*335(1) Whether the trial court was without jurisdiction to accept his plea of guilty because he was a juvenile; and(2) Whether his plea of guilty was knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily made.

Reversed and remanded.

The facts are not in dispute. In 1977, Pharms was indicted for felony-murder. At the time he was 15 years of age. Subsequently, the State amended the charging information to include the…