State v. Filer, 2000-K-0073.
Decision Date | 30 June 2000 |
Docket Number | No. 2000-K-0073.,2000-K-0073. |
Citation | 762 So.2d 1080 |
Parties | STATE of Louisiana v. Troy Anthony FILER. |
Court | Louisiana Supreme Court |
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Granted. The decision of the Third Circuit is reversed, defendant's conviction and sentence are reinstated, and this case is remanded to the court of appeal for consideration of the defendant's assignments of error pretermitted on original appeal. The court below erred in two respects. In State v. Guzman, 99-1528, p. 6 (La.5/16/00), ___ So.2d ___, 2000 WL 631266, this Court expressly overruled its prior decision in State v. Godejohn, 425 So.2d 750, 751 (La.1983), and thereby made clear that a guilty plea colloquy is not part of the record for purposes of error patent review. Accordingly, "whether a trial court complied with La.C.Cr.P. art. 556.1 is not subject to error patent review but must instead be designated as an assignment of error by the defendant on appeal." Guzman, 99-1528 at 6, ___ So.2d at ___. In addition, while La. C.Cr.P. art. 556.1(A) incorporates this Court's preference for personal colloquies between a trial judge and a defendant entering a guilty plea, see State v. Williams, 384 So.2d 779, 781 (La.1980)
() (citations omitted), and while the failure of a trial judge to address the defendant individually as well as personally may undermine the validity of any subsequent waiver of his constitutional rights, City of Monroe v. Wyrick, 393 So.2d 1273 (La.1981), the knowing and intelligent waiver of the defendant's rights "depends upon the circumstances of each case." State v. Strain, 585 So.2d 540, 544, n. 7 (La.1991). In the present case, the trial court first individually and personally assessed the defendant's competency and understanding before collectively advising all six defendants present with respect to the trial rights they would waive by entering a guilty plea. Thereafter, the court individually and personally addressed the defendant to assure itself that he had no questions about any of the constitutional rights he was waiving and that he agreed with the prosecutor's statement of the factual basis supporting the guilty plea. In these circumstances, we find no...
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