State v. Chance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

On July 14, 1958, in the presence of his court appointed counsel, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to the crimes of burglary in the second degree and attempted grand larceny. The district court found him guilty of the crimes charged, and announced that sentence would be imposed on July 23, 1958.

On July 23, 1958, the defendant appeared for sentence with his attorney, and upon inquiry by the court whether he had any legal reason why judgment and sentence should not be pronounced, the defendant stated he desired to withdraw his plea of…