State v. Porchia

The appellant, Reginald D. Porchia, was originally charged by information filed in the district court for Douglas County, Nebraska, with assault in the second degree and use of a knife to commit a felony. Subsequently, Porchia pled guilty to second degree assault and was thereafter sentenced to a term of 2 years’ imprisonment.

The single issue presented to this court is whether Porchia’s federal constitutional rights were violated in that his guilty plea was not voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently entered. An examination of the record discloses that while the district court did inquire…