State v. Cain

¶ 39. (concurring). I write separately to make a few brief points.

¶ 40. I question the majority's decision to recast the defendant's central argument. Majority op., ¶¶ 27-28. The defendant repeatedly asserts in his briefs that his plea was not knowing, intelligent, and voluntary because the circuit court accepted the plea even though the defendant denied an element of the offense at the plea hearing. The majority, on the other hand, determines that because there was no "misapprehension,... coercion, or... any other reason that could be fairly described as going to his knowledge, intelligence,…