In RE DARNELL v. Timpani

Revelle, J. †

Professing innocence to his attorney, defendant pleaded not guilty to four counts of grand larceny. Eighty-two days later, he came before the court to permit him to change his plea from “not guilty” to “guilty” to one count. Sometime preceding the hearing, there had been a conference between his attorney and the prosecutor com ceming a change of plea. The hearing opened with a statement by defendant’s attorney:

[T]his morning Mr. Darnell is here in court for the purpose of changing his plea to guilty to one count of Grand Larceny. It is my understanding that the Prosecutor has so…