Sanders v. State

Murder; twenty years. Appellant entered a guilty plea to an indictment charging that she had intentionally caused the death of her paraplegic husband by "drowning him by force."

After the appellant was indicted by the Dale County Grand Jury in July, 1980, she was sent to Searcy Hospital for examination, where Department of Mental Health officials concluded that she was competent to stand trial.

On May 29, 1981, the appellant and her attorney executed an "explanation of rights and plea of guilty form," which contained the rights outlined in Boykin v. Alabama,395 U.S. 238, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 23…