Kidder v. State

STATON, Judge.

Lester W. Kidder, Jr., entered a plea of guilty to the charge of burglary, a class C felony on July 30, 1979. Kidder subsequently filed a Petition for Post-Conviction Relief, alleging that the trial court failed to fully advise him of his rights and of the consequences of his guilty plea. His petition was denied and Kidder appeals, contending that the trial court erred in determining that his guilty plea had been entered knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently.

Reversed and remanded with instructions to vacate Kidder's plea of guilty.

Because Kidder bore the burden in the trial…