State v. Green

SUMMERS, Justice.

Appellant Leroy Green was charged by bill of information with armed robbery. Trial began on January 27, 1971 and continued until February 8, 1971 at which time Green, with consent of counsel, the district attorney and the court, entered a plea of guilty to “attempted armed robbery.” The plea was entered without amending the bill of information or filing a new indictment. After a- presentence investigation, Green was sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for forty years, with credit for time served.

Thereafter counsel for Green filed a motion to withdraw the guilty plea,…