Ashby v. State

John I. Purtle, Justice.

This is an appeal from the denial of a Rule 37 petition by the Sebastian County Circuit Court. For reversal the appellant argues that the trial court erred in determining that there was a factual basis for the court to have accepted the appellant’s plea of nolo contendere. The record reveals that a factual basis for the plea was indeed established before its acceptance by the trial court. The decision of the trial court is therefore affirmed.

On July 9, 1987, the appellant entered a plea of nolo contendere to charges of robbery and theft of property. He was sentenced to…