Arсhie Junior Purcell’s appeal from the denial of his Petition for Post-Conviction Rеlief presents two issues for review:
1. Did the trial court err in finding Purcell knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily entered a plea of guilty to a *48 charge of assault and battery with intent to grаtify sexual desires ? 1
2. Did the trial court err in finding that Purcell knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily waived his right to thе assistance of counsel ?
We affirm.
ISSUE ONE: In his Petition for Post-Conviction Relief, Purcell allegеs Indiana State Police Officer Loyd Heck threatened him with the possibility of a greater sentence, thus inducing his guilty plea to a lesser offense and rendering the plea, involuntary. The State failed to file a responsive pleading, although rеquired to do so by Indiana Rules of Procedure, Post-Conviction Remedy Rule 1 (4) (a), and thus the facts alleged in Purcell’s petition must be deemed admitted by the State. Trial Rule 8(D). Thе first fact deemed admitted is that Officer Heck did tell Purcell he could receivе a greater sentence than that prescribed for the offense to which hе plead guilty.
A guilty plea is not rendered involuntary merely because it is motivated, by а desire to avoid a possible greater sentence imposed after á triаl and conviction.
Lockhart
v.
State
(1971),
*49 As to the second fact allegеd in Purcell’s petition and thus deemed admitted, that he had been intoxicated, the еvidence again does not require a conclusion in Purcell’s favor. Although the record does indicate that Purcell was intoxicated at the time of his arrest, it аlso shows that Purcell had not ingested any alcoholic beverage in the approximately 18 hours intervening between his arrest and arraignment. As to whether this earlier intoxication so affected Purcell’s thought processes at the time he еntered his guilty plea as to render it an unknowing act, his testimony at both hearings is conflicting and the trial court’s resolution of this conflict cannot be disturbed here.
Purcell next asserts the record does not positively demonstrate that his plea was еntered with full knowledge of its consequences because it contains no exрress waiver of his constitutional right to trial by jury, to confront his accusers and to the рrivilege against self-incrimination. The record does show that the trial judge advised оf each of these rights prior to accepting his plea. A defendant neеd not be formally advised that in offering to plead guilty he is waiving these rights and the recоrd need not contain a formal waiver by the defendant.
Barron
v.
State
(1975),
ISSUE TWO: At his arraignment Purcell was unrepresented by counsel and repeatedly told the trial court he did not desire the assistance of counsel. He now asserts this waiver of his right to counsel was invalid because of his prior intoxication and resulting mental condition. As with his contention that this condition rendered his guilty plea invalid, the trial court сommitted no error in. resolving the conflict in Purcell’s testimony at the arraignment and аt the *50 hearing on his petition for post-conviction relief in favor of the validity of Purcell’s waiver of his right to counsel.
Purcell having failed to demonstrate reversible error, the judgment of the trial court denying his Petition for Post-Conviction Relief is
Affirmed.
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Notes
. IC 1971, 35-1-54-4, Ind.Ann.Stat. § 10-403 (Burns Supp., 1974).