State v. Cooper

The defendant was charged with a third offense of driving while intoxicated and in counts II and III with refusing to submit to a blood, breath, or urine test, and operating a motor vehicle when his driver’s license was suspended. The defendant was represented by private counsel and presented to the court a “Petition to Enter Plea of Guilty” which he had signed and which was witnessed by his counsel. That petition provides, in part, as follows: “I understand that I may, if I so choose, plead ‘NOT GUILTY’ to any offense charged against me, and that if I choose to plead ‘NOT GUILTY’ the…