O'GUINN v. State

OPINION

In separate proceedings, both appellants entered pleas of guilty but mentally ill. Appellants appeal and present the issue as to whether our decision in Finger v. State1 automatically entitles a defendant convicted pursuant to a guilty but mentally ill plea to withdraw that plea and proceed to trial.2

FACTS

O ’Guinn v. State, Docket No. 37300

Roy O’Guinn entered a plea of guilty but mentally ill to an amended information charging him with two counts of burglary, one count of open and gross lewdness, and two counts of sexual assault on a victim sixty-five years of age or older. The…