Maggard v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a trial court's decision not to allow the appellant to withdraw his guilty pleas to rape, a class A felony, Ind.Code § 35-42-4-1, criminal deviate conduct, a class A felony, Ind.Code § 35-42-4-2, and confinement, a class B felony, Ind.Code § 85-42-8-8. Appellant was sentenced to fifty years in prison.

Appellant raises several issues. We will reach the merits of one on appeal: (1) whether he knowingly and intelligently waived his right to counsel.

These are the facts that tend to support the trial court's acceptance of appellant's guilty pleas.…