Jordan v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “THE COURT: * * * You are charged in Count One with forgery, or uttering a forged instrument. It is alleged on or about the 16th day of July, 1982, in Marion County, you did unlawfully and with the intent to defraud make a written instrument, to-wit: a business invoice, of the following tenor, in such a manner that said written instrument is purported to have been made by the authority of James Associates Architects, who did not give authority, and then is set out a [sic] instrument, an invoice instrument on Hoosier Photo Supply in the amount of two hundred and thirty-two dollars and eighty-three cents ($232.83). Do you understand what you are charged with? MR. JORDAN: Yes. THE COURT: Uttering a forged instrument. When you enter a plea of guilty you’re telling the court you are, that is true and you are guilty of that offense. Do you understand that? MR. JORDAN: Yes. * * * # * * THE COURT: ..., [W]hen you enter a plea of guilty you admit the offense of uttering a forged instrument, and therefore there will not be a trial and you will not have these rights that we are talking about. Do you understand what a guilty plea is? MR. JORDAN: Yes. * * * # He * THE COURT: Alright, we’ll show that Mr. Jordan has been advised of his rights. The court will hear a factual basis for the plea. Would the Prosecutor tell me the facts of this case? MR. LAZINSKY: Yes, Your Honor. On July 16th of 1982 a male subject entered the Hoosier Photo Supply Company at 80th and Zionsville Road, Indianapolis”

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