Austin v. State

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

PRENTICE, Justice.

This case is before us upon the State's (Appellee's) Petition for Rehearing, which follows our reversal of the trial court's denial of post-conviction relief by decision and opinion published at 466 N.E.2d 445 (Justices Givan and Pivarnik, dissenting). In that decision we held that the Defendant's guilty pleas were not knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily given inasmuch as the trial court failed to inform him of the minimum possible sentences for the offenses to which he pled guilty.

The State, in its petition for rehearing, argues that our…