Whitlow v. State

McCAIN, Justice:

Petitioner was informed against for robbery in 1970. He pled not guilty, but subsequently withdrew this plea and pled guilty whereupon he was adjudged guilty and sentenced to serve twenty-five years in the State penitentiary. Four years later, the petitioner proceeding pro se and in for-ma pauperis moved in the Circuit Court, 12th Judicial Circuit, which sentenced him, to withdraw his guilty plea alleging that he had pled guilty involuntarily and without an understanding of the consequences. Said Motion was denied on December 23, 1974, and the petitioner sought timely…