Roberson v. Smith

ORDER

LAWRENCE, District Judge.

Petitioner in the above styled action filed his application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus in the Superior Court of Tattnall County alleging that a plea of guilty to the charge of voluntary manslaughter in Jenkins Superior Court on November 16, 1967 in the case of State of Georgia v. Roberson was not in fact made by him. Petitioner stated in said application that the plea of guilty was entered by his attorney without petitioner’s knowledge or consent when petitioner was not present. A hearing was held in Tattnall Superior Court on May 15, 1968 subsequent to which…