State v. Bigsmoke

On May 16, 1973, petitioner John Allen Bigsmoke appeared with court-appointed counsel before the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, Lake County, Poison, Montana, and entered a plea of guilty to the crime of lewd and lascivious acts upon a child, in violation of section 94-4106, R.C.M. (1947). This plea was accepted as a compromise for petitioner’s previous plea of not guilty to a charge of rape. Petitioner was sentenced to twenty years in the state penitentiary. After being denied relief by the Sentence Review Board and having parole revoked twice, petitioner filed this post…