Henry v. State

The plea of guilty was given and accepted on August 19, 1983, after the effective date in December, 1981, of the rule announced in German v. State (1981), Ind., 428 N.E.2d 234, requiring strict compliance by the trial courts of the state with the provisions of the guilty plea statute then existing, which statutory provisions were declared required by due process of law clauses in the case of Austin v. State (1984), Ind., 468 N.E.2d 1027. The objective of advisements under I.C. 85-5-85-1-2 as contemplated in those two cases is not to determine whether the defendant received the proper…