Beaver v. State

Rhodes, Justice:

The appellant -pled guilty to assault with intent to ravish and was sentenced to IS years imprisonment. He subsequently filed an application for post-conviction relief in which he sought to withdraw his plea on the ground that it was involuntarily entered. The lower court denied this application. We reverse.

At the hearing below, the appellant produced evidence in support of his contention that his guilty plea was induced by a statement of the trial judge. The appellant’s trial counsel 2 testified that, after an overnight recess in the trial of the case, the presiding judge…