Maloney v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Appellant Scott L. Maloney pled guilty in 1988 to operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a class A misdemeanor.1 Maloney now claims that the trial court did not adequately inform him of the rights he would waive by pleading guilty, in violation of Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 23 L.Ed.2d 274 (1969). The court hearing his post-conviction petition denied relief. A divided panel of the Court of Appeals reversed and granted Maloney a new trial. Maloney *489v. State, 673 N.E.2d 519 (Ind.Ct.App.1996). We grant transfer and affirm the decision of the…