Kendrick v. State

I concur in the holding of the majority that the post-conviction proceeding was correct in concluding as a matter of law that there was no possibility of consecutive sentences as a result of Kendrick's plea of guilty since no other charge or sentence was before the sentencing court at that time. It is also clear Kendrick chose to plead guilty in a knowing and voluntary manner.

The problems Kendrick complains of here arose in subsequent sentencings by another court in the same county where sentences in that court were made consecutive to the sentence in the instant cause. The propriety of the…