161 Ind. App. 552 - Brooks v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “The holding in Brooks was “ * * * that since the trial court explained the elements of a greater charge, embracing the lesser included offense to which the defendant’s plea was addressed, and since Brooks fails to make the barest allegation that he did not understand the nature of the crime to which he pleaded and since the facts fully support the guilty plea, the trial court was not required to find, as a matter of law, that the defendant did not knowingly and intelligently make his plea.” 161 Ind.App. at 561 , 316 N.E.2d at 693 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Watkins v. State

2. “When, however, a defendant is not pleading guilty to the specific crime charged, but rather to a lesser included offense, it is unwise indeed for the court not to advise on the elements of the included offense. To do otherwise is to invite reversal in the event that the defendant thereafter alleges that he did not understand the nature of the offense to which he has pleaded, as opposed to the crime charged.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Sanders