Bates v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

Appellant, Henry Dwayne Bates, appeals from the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief by which he sought to withdraw his plea of guilty to a charge of robbery while armed with a deadly weapon, a class B felony. He entered the plea on April 24, 1980 pursuant to a plea agreement with the State in which the State agreed to dismiss another charge of robbery while armed with a deadly weapon and to forego the filing of additional charges in exchange for appellant’s plea.

Before accepting appellant’s guilty plea the trial court undertook an advisement of the rights…