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ee ere . JUDGE ' JUDGE JUDGE “James Earl Ray, stand.” JUDGE “Have your lawyers explained all your rights to you and do you understand them?" “s - DEFENDANT “Yes** JUDGE "Do you know that you have a right to a trial by jury on the charge of Murder in the First Degree against you, the punishn- ment for Murder in the First Degree ranging from Death by Electrocution to any time over twenty years? The burden of proof is on the State of Tennessee to prove you guilty be- yond a reasonable doubt and to «# moral certainty and the de- . cision of the Jury must be unanimous both as to guilt and punishment? In the event of a jury verdict against you, you would have the right to file a Motion for a New Trial addressed to the trial judge? In the event of an adverse ruling against you on your Motion for a New Trtal, you would have the right to successive appeals to the Tennessee Court of Criminal Ap- peals and the Supreme Court of Tennessee and to file a pe- tition for review by the Supreme Court of the United States? Do you understand that you have all these rights?" DEFENDANT “Yes* "You are entering a plea of Guilty to Murder in the First Degree as charged in the Indictment and are compromising and settling your case on agreed punishment of ninety-nine years in the State Penitentiary. Is this what you want to dot* DEFENDANT "Yes"* “Do you understand that you sre waiving, which means “giving up", a.formal trial by your Plea of Guilty although the laws of this State require the prosecution to present certain evi- dence to a jury in all cases of Pleas of Guilty to Nurder in the First Degree? far RI ae — -197-