Parsons v. State

Dissenting Opinion

White, J.

Neither the majority opinion, the State’s brief, nor any authority cited in either, has convinced me that the trial court did not abuse his discretion in rejecting defendant’s offer to plead guilty to a lesser included offense without first pursuing further his questioning of the defendant to determine whether there was a factual basis for the plea and whether he was voluntarily, knowingly, and understanding^ offering to plead guilty to the lesser offense, notwithstanding his claim that he did not “remember doing it, the burglary” nor re*173member going to the place…