Townsend v. State

NIX, Judge.

Otis F. Townsend, petitioner herein, has filed an application for Post-Conviction Appeal, alleging that he was shocked into mental incompetency,- and therefore entered a plea of Guilty in the District Court of Pottawatomie County to the charge of Child Abandonment, and was sentenced to Five Years in the penitentiary on October 23, 1964, without benefit of counsel.

This Court has carefully examined the record of the proceedings, and the trial judge stated:

“THE COURT: Mr. Townsend, day before yesterday you appeared before the court and the court advised you of your right to counsel.…