Legal Opinion
Patton v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided June 22, 2004No. 49S02-0309-PC-402PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION TO TRANSFER FROM THE INDIANA COURT OF APPEALS, NO A9A02-0211-PC-975
SULLIVAN, Justice.
Keith Patton pled guilty to attempted murder without knowing that specific intent to kill was an element of that offense. A defendant who pleads guilty need not be aware of each of the elements of the offense so long as the defendant receives real notice of the true nature of the charge or that the absence of such notice is harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. However, there is no evidence that Patton received such notice with respect to the attempted murder charge or that he acted with specific…
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