Grimes v. State

GARRARD, Judge.

Grimes' appeal contends that the trial court erred in denying post conviction relief because when his guilty plea was accepted in 1979 1 the court (1) failed to advise him of his right to a "public" trial; (2) failed to determine whether his plea resulted from promises not appearing on the record, and (3) failed to advise Grimes that by pleading guilty he was admitting the truth of the facts alleged in the information.2

*607At the time of the guilty plea the court clearly advised Grimes of his right to trial by an impartial jury in the county where the offense was committed, to a…