State ex rel. Hayes v. State

CRICHTON, J.,

additionally concurs and assigns reasons

|,I agree with the majority’s decision to decline to exercise jurisdiction here, as relator has not established that his guilty plea is invalid. However, I write separately to stress the importance of a district court perfecting the record during a guilty plea colloquy, as “[a] guilty plea must represent a voluntary and intelligent choice among the alternative courses of action open to the defendant.” Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 242, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 23 L.Ed.2d 274 (1969). I firmly believe that “[a] dialogue between the court and the…