Harris v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant James Harris entered the plea of "Guilty But Mentally III" to murder, kidnapping, and rape, on November 80, 1983. The trial court, after conducting a hearing to make a factual determination that sufficient evidence existed for the pleas, accepted the pleas on December 15, 1988. After taking the matter under advisement, the trial court pronounced judgment on February 10, 1984, sentencing Appellant to death. He now directly appeals and raises the following issues:

1. whether the trial court's imposition of the death penalty after accepting the plea of…