Furr v. State

In McDaniel v. State, 288 Ark. 629, 708 S.W.2d 613 (1986), we interpreted A.R.Cr.P. Rules 24.4 and 24.6 to require that: “The court must ascertain from the accused whether he is pleading guilty because he is in fact guilty.” (Emphasis added.) Both before and after McDaniel v. State, supra, we have set out the same clear standard for accepting guilty pleas. We repeated the statement in Snelgrove v. State, 292 Ark. 116, 728 S.W.2d 214 (1987). In Muck v. State, 292 Ark. 310, 730 S.W.2d 214 (1987), we wrote: “The court must ask the defendant if he did the things of which he stands accused and is…