Legal Opinion

Wright v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided July 31, 1986No. 87A01-8605-PC-120PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

Defendant-appellant Wright appeals from the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief.

We affirm.

On June 13, 1984, Wright entered a plea of guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a class D felony, but was sentenced to a class A misdemeanor pursuant to the trial judge's discretion as provided in IND. CODE 35-50-2-7(b). Wright attacks his guilty plea as not being entered knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily in three respects.

Wright first argues that he was not advised of the minimum sentence for a class D felony as required by IND.CODE…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Mottern v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1984
  2. Williams v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1986

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Clayton v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1996
  2. Stoltz v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1995
  3. Williams v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2008
  4. Brian Hook v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)Indiana Court of Appeals · 2020
  5. Clayton v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1996

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