Polarie v. State

BOWEN, Judge.

The defendant pled guilty to an indictment charging rape in the second degree and was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment.

The trial judge informed the defendant of his constitutional rights under Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 242, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 1711, 23 L.Ed.2d 274 (1969): (1) his privilege against compulsory self-incrimination; (2) the right to trial by jury; and (3) the right to confront his accusers. Boykin, 89 S.Ct. at 1712. The judge informed the defendant of the maximum and minimum range of punishment and ascertained that the plea was not coerced. The judge also had…