Fletcher v. State

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

DICKSON, Justice.

Defendant was convicted upon his plea of guilty to a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Finding that the trial court erred in summarily denying, without a hearing, the defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea, the Court of Appeals reversed and remanded to the trial court for a hearing on the motion. Fletcher v. State (1994), Ind. App., 632 N.E.2d 1164. We grant the State's petition for transfer.

In his appeal from the conviction, the defendant has raised two issues: (a) whether the trial court erred by summarily ruling on his petition…