Semmes v. Williard

The petitioner sought post-conviction relief in the circuit court of Marion County. A hearing thereon was held and relief denied. From the judgment entered petitioner appeals.

The petitioner entered a plea of guilty to the crime of robbery by putting in fear, not being armed with a dangerous weapon, and was sentenced to three years in the Oregon Correctional Institution.

The burden of petitioner’s plea of denial of his constitutional rights is that he entered his plea without benefit of counsel and, therefore, he did not voluntarily and knowingly waive his right to counsel and did not…