Lambert v. State

Appellant, Wayne Lambert, was indicted in the Circuit Court of Lawrence County, Mississippi, for desertion and non-support of his five months’ old child. *230On. arraignment, he entered a plea of guilty, and a few days later filed a motion, supported by affidavit, for leave to withdraw the plea and make a plea of “not guilty.” This motion was overruled by the court.

Appellant was indicted and the indictment was returned and filed on the 19th day of February 1962. The sheriff testified that he was arrested February 25th, Sunday afternoon, and defendant’s affidavit shows that he was arrested about 1…