Pursifull v. State

Defendant-appellant Pursifull pleaded guilty to Non-Support of Children and was sentenced to not more than seven [7] years nor less than [1] year of imprisonment pursuant to Acts 1913, ch. 358, § 2, Ind. Ann. Stat. § 10-1402 (Burns 1956). He appeals from the denial of a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus which the court considered as a proceeding under Post-Conviction Remedy Rule 1.

Pursifull seeks to have his conviction set aside together with permission to withdraw his plea of guilty. His allegations of error may be incorporated into a single issue for review:

Whether the trial court erred in…