State v. Rainey

This matter is before us pursuant to our having granted defendant leave to file a delayed appeal pursuant to App. R. 5(A).

On January 14, 1981, following a hearing on defendant’s motion to suppress certain evidence which resulted in the motion being overruled, defendant, who had been charged with murder, entered a plea of guilty to voluntary manslaughter, in culmination of plea negotiations between his counsel and the prosecuting attorney.

Defendant claims this error occurred in the proceedings before the trial court on January 14:

“The trial court erred in accepting appellant’s no contest plea…