State v. Sisco

RAWLINGS, Justice.

Defendant, Thomas Eugene Sisco, found guilty by trial court on his plea of guilty to rape, (section 698.1, Code, 1966), as charged by county attorney’s information, was sentenced to ten years in the Men’s Reformatory at Anamosa.

On appeal from that judgment defendant contends, in urging reversal, the court erred in failing to ascertain, before judgment, the guilty plea was entered, (1) voluntarily; (2) with an understanding of the charge; and (3) with knowledge of the penal consequences of the plea. We reverse.

Defendant is one of nine children, and at age 14 was committed to…