State v. Wilkins

JOHNSON, Justice.

This is a criminal sentencing case. We conclude that the trial court improperly required the defendant, who had pleaded guilty, to testify for the prosecution at sentencing concerning matters beyond the facts of the case and concerning matters beyond what was necessary at the plea hearing to establish that the defendant pleaded guilty freely and voluntarily. We also conclude that the trial court improperly required the defendant’s personal psychiatrist to testify at the sentencing hearing, invading privileged communications with the defendant. Therefore, we vacate the…