State v. Darelli

OPINION

BARKER, Judge.

¶ 1 We hold in this case that a trial judge may not effectively implement a plea cut-off date, by rejecting all potential pleas except a plea to the charges, based solely on the procedural posture of the ease at issue.

Factual and Procedural History

¶2 On October 25, 2001, appellant was charged with two counts of aggravated assault (Counts 1 and 2) and one count of disorderly conduct with a deadly weapon (Count 3). These charges arose out of a domestic dispute on June 14, 2001 in which appellant struck the victim, Richard C., multiple times in the face. He also threatened…