State v. Carter

Fain, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Warren Duane Carter, appeals from his conviction and sentence on one count of forgery and one count of possession of criminal tools. Carter contends that his guilty plea was coerced by the trial court’s failure to render findings of fact associated with the denial of his speedy trial motion and by the trial court’s policy of not accepting no-contest pleas. Carter also argues that his constitutional right to a speedy trial was violated.

We conclude that the trial court’s across-the-board policy of not accepting no-contest pleas, without particularized…