Darling v. Hoffman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

The petitioner is confined in the state penitentiary under a judgment and sentence of the district court of Johnson County for the crime of second degree burglary.- His conviction, sentence and incarceration followed proceedings in such court where, represented by his own attorney, he induced the state to dismiss a second count of burglary and then pleaded guilty to the first count of burglary charged in the information. He took no appeal from the trial court’s judgment and sentence on his plea of guilty but now, after having served a small…