Rowland v. State

The trial judge abused his legal discretion, under the facts of this case, in refusing to allow the defendant to withdraw his plea of guilty.

DECIDED SEPTEMBER 19, 1945.

The plaintiff in error, Gordon L. Rowland, hereinafter called the defendant, was indicted at the October term of the superior court of Coffee County for assault with intent to murder Jack Young, a policeman of the City of Douglas, Georgia. He entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to not less than ten nor more than ten years in the penitentiary. Thereafter and during the same term of court, he filed a motion to withdraw his…