State v. Taylor

McCORMICK, Justice.

The question here is whether the defendant waived the right to challenge the validity of his guilty plea. We hold he did, and consequently we affirm the trial court.

Defendant Lawrence Dean Taylor entered a plea of guilty to a second-degree burglary charge. After the trial court accepted the plea, the court and defendant engaged in this colloquy:

Q. Now you have a right for the court to order a presentence investigation report before sentence is pronounced upon you. Your attorney has indicated you want to waive that right because it takes something like four weeks to get one…