State v. Raponi
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe District Court of the Second Judicial District, for Latah County. Hon. Edgar C. Steele, Judge. Criminal prosecution for having possession of intoxicating liquor. From an order denying defendant’s application to set aside judgment and allow substitution of plea of not guilty for plea of guilty, theretofore entered, defendant appeals. A plea of guilty must be entirely voluntary and one entered through ignorance is not voluntary.
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APPEAL from tbe District Court of the Second Judicial District, for Latah County. Hon. Edgar C. Steele, Judge. Criminal prosecution for having possession of intoxicating liquor. From an order denying defendant’s application to set aside judgment and allow substitution of plea of not guilty for plea of guilty, theretofore entered, defendant appeals. A plea of guilty must be entirely voluntary and one entered through ignorance is not voluntary. (12 Cyc. 353 (IY); People v. McCrory, 41 Cal. 458; Gardner v. People, 106 111. 76.) A plea of guilty can only be made by one competent to know and…
1Opinion of the Court
FLYNN, District Judge.
Defendant, appellant here, was arrested on the charge of having in his possession intoxicating liquor, and was taken before the probate court, where he stated that he did not want an attorney, waived preliminary hearing, and was bound over to the district court. An information was there filed charging him with having in his possession “intoxicating liquor, to-wit: Dago Red.” He was arraigned, and on being asked by the district judge if hq wanted an attorney, replied that he did not. Thereupon he pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to pay a fine of four hundred dollars, and…
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