State v. Rouse

In State v. Turner, 186 Neb. 424, 183 N.W.2d 763 (1971), we said that the procedure in a guilty plea must, at a minimum, conform to the procedures contained in the ABA Standards Relating to Pleas of Guilty (1968 Approved Draft). We imposed the new standards for taking guilty pleas in order to conform our plea-taking procedures to those required by Boy-kin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969).

The majority cites State v. Lewis, 192 Neb. 518, 222 N.W.2d 815 (1974), for the proposition that the plea must be voluntary and intelligent. Lewis goes further. Even when there is an implication in the record…