Legal Opinion

Lee v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided May 30, 1989No. 49A02-8902-PC-59Published

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Reginald Lee appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief.

We affirm.

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Lee contends the post-conviction court erred in finding a factual basis for his guilty plea because the trial court failed to personally examine Lee as required by IND.CODE 85-4.1-1-4, the statute in effect at the time his plea was accepted.2 As this court noted in Zavesky v. State (1987), Ind.App., 514 N.E.2d 658, 659, the courts of this state have interpreted 1.0. 35-4.1-1-4(b) to mean that a trial court may not accept a guilty plea unless satisfied that there is an adequate factual basis…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. White v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Williams v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1975
  4. Laird v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1979
  5. Gibson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1986

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