Knight v. Sikes

Fletcher, Presiding Justice.

Keith Knight filed a habeas corpus petition contending that his guilty plea on two misdemeanor counts was not knowingly, intelli gently, and voluntarily entered. The habeas court denied the petition. Because the record reveals that the trial court failed to advise Knight of the rights he was relinquishing by pleading guilty, we reverse.

Knight was arrested on two warrants, each charging him with obstruction of an officer. He initially entered a not guilty plea. On the morning of April 22, 1996, he changed his plea to guilty after the state agreed to a probated…