Ford v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

The petitioner-appellant, Norman E. Ford, is before this Court appealing from the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. He pled guilty pursuant to a plea agreement to rape, a class B felony, I.C. § 35-42-4-1, and to attempted rape, a class B felony, L.C. §§ 85-41-5-1 and 85-42-4-1. These offenses included separate incidents and victims. He received two concurrent eighteen year sentences.

Appellant raised three issues on appeal: (1) whether his guilty pleas were voluntarily, intelligently and knowingly entered; (2) whether trial court failed to determine if his…