State v. Hunter

BEANCH, Justice.

The crux of defendant’s assignments of error before the Court of Appeals and this Court is that his pleas of guilty were not freely, understandingly and voluntarily made. He relies principally upon the case of Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 23 L. Ed. 2d 274, 89 S.Ct. 1709, which, inter alia, holds that the determination of the voluntariness of a guilty plea cannot be based on a silent record and that the record must show a careful canvassing of the matter with the accused by the trial judge “to make sure he has a full understanding of what the plea connotes and of its…