Bowen v. State

Pope, Judge.

The record shows that on three separate occasions before the jury was impanelled in defendant’s trial for armed robbery, the court conducted proceedings to determine whether defendant wished to change his plea from not guilty to guilty. The first occasion concluded when defendant responded to the trial judge: “Start a trial.” On the second occasion, the defendant stood mute to the judge’s question as to how he wished to plead. Only after the judge instructed the clerk to bring in two jury panels for voir dire did the defendant respond: “Guilty.” Voir dire proceedings commenced…