Arndt v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Manoukian, J.:

Appellant, charged by indictment with murder, pursuant to plea negotiations, entered a plea of guilty to second degree murder. During the sentencing proceedings, he was permitted to withdraw his plea of guilty, after which he entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. On January 3, 1977, the first day of trial, following empanelment of the jury, the court recessed with the evidentiary portion of the trial to begin the next day. After the jury had been excused, however, the appellant and counsel remained in court at which time the appellant withdrew…