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655 N.E.2d 61

McMichel v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided September 8, 1995

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1995-09-08

Relies on Floyd v. State

Decided 1995-09-08

DeBRULER, Justice,

¶1dissenting.

¶2For the reasons stated in my dissent in Floyd v. State (1994), Ind., 650 N.E.2d 28, I would dismiss the attempted appeal in the McMichel case, and reverse the denial of post-conviction remedy in the Gaddie case. In the MceMichel case, the court commissioner had no authority of any kind from the regular judge to make a final appealable judgment. Such commissioner's judgment totally lacks authority and is not appealable. In the Gaddie case, the court commissioner had no authority from the regular judge to render a judgment and sentence upon Gad-die's guilty plea. Gaddie is therefore entitled to post-conviction relief, as the sentence upon which he stands committed lacks authority and is a nullity.

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