Jones v. State

BARTEAU, Judge.

David Jones appeals the post-conviction court's denial of his petition for post-convietion relief challenging the validity of a guilty plea Jones entered on a charge of operating a motor vehicle after a finding that he was an habitual traffic offender ("HTO"), a class D felony. The sole issue raised, which we restate, is whether his guilty plea is invalid where a factual basis for the plea did not exist because he had not been adjudged an HTO at the time he committed the present offense.

We reverse.

FACTS

In June of 1981, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles filed a civil complaint…