Klenk v. State

GARRARD, Presiding Judge.

Klenk pled guilty to two counts of rape, one a Class B felony and one a Class A felony.

He now appeals from denial of his petition for post conviction relief and raises three issues.

First, he asserts the court failed to adequately advise him of his right to confrontation before accepting the plea. We agree that the right encompasses both the cross examination of witnesses and their physical confrontation by the accused. See, e.g., Pennsylvania v. Ritchie (1987), 480 U.S. 39, 107 S.Ct. 989, 94 L.Ed.2d 40. For this reason the better practice for a court in preparing to…