State v. Ferren

Defendant pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon and was sentenced to five years in prison. *225On this diréct appeal his sole assignment of error is that the trial court, in accepting his guilty plea, did not directly advise him of the maximum statutory penalty for his crime. As we said in State v. Brudos, 3 Or App 239, 240, 471 P2d 861, Sup Ct review denied (1970):

“Even if we assumed that there was any merit in defendant’s * * * assignment of error we could not consider it on direct appeal. The thrust of OES 138.050 is that after a plea of guilty the only question which may be…