Perez v. State

This Court continues to tread a wrong path only recently forged in Vogleson v. State.17 The wrong created by Vogleson can be corrected. However, to do so would require quieting the roar of “Sixth Amendment Rights!” that accompanied the Vogleson decision, a din that — when improperly applied as in Vogleson — is superficial.18 Instead, I urge the employment of reason — and the law.

1. In Perez’s case, as in Vogleson, informing the jury of the statutory sentence an accomplice avoided by pleading to less than the indicted offense also informs the jury of the statutory sentence the defendant is…