Creighbaum v. State

Two issues are presented on this appeal:

1. Does the failure of the trial court to advise on the potential sentence compel a reversal as a matter of law?

2. Applying the totality of circumstances test, were the waiver of counsel and the pleas of guilty freely, voluntarily and understandingly made?

Defendant contends that the failure to advise him of the possible maximum penalty he might receive under the charges brought against him compels a reversal as a matter of law, not because the defendant did not know, but simply because the trial court failed to so state.

In support of his contention, the…