Allen v. Caldwell

Nichols, Justice.

Ambry D. Allen, Jr. filed a petition seeking his release from custody under a sentence resulting from his plea of guilty of larceny of an automobile, the prisoner’s contention being that such plea of guilty was induced by promises made by a now deceased solicitor general of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit. The record discloses that the prisoner entered pleas of guilty to a series of indictments and received sentences of not less than 5 years and not more than 5 years on each indictment to run concurrently, except one, and that on the remaining indictment he received a “five to…