Flint v. Sharkey
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
1Opinion of the Court
*532Kelleher, J.
This is a petition for habeas corpus wherein the petitioner seeks to vacate a plea of guilty he gave to an indictment charging him with robbery. His prayers for relief are grounded on his sworn statements that his plea was neither an intelligent nor a voluntary act.
In February 1964, petitioner was charged with robbery in three separate indictments. Two of the indictments concerned the holdup of a loan company. The third indictment related to the holdup at a liquor store. The petitioner who was represented by the public defender’s office entered pleas of not guilty to all the…
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