In Matter of Brown

Petitioner, Anthel La Van Brown, appeals the order of the Gallatin County District Court which denied his petition for withdrawal of his guilty plea. The sole issue in this appeal is whether the District Court, before accepting defendant’s guilty plea, established that the defendant voluntarily and understandingly entered his plea on which he was sentenced.

On November 20, 1978, defendant filed a petition for postconviction relief with this Court. We remanded the petition to the District Court which held a postconviction hearing on December 5, 1978, and filed its order of January 18, 1979,…