People v. Edwards

Defendant’s application for delayed appeal having been granted, we are urged to set aside a guilty plea entered by defendant on September 11,1967, to a charge of manslaughter.

Defendant, in her motion for new trial and on appeal, argues that the guilty plea must be vacated because the trial court failed to make sufficient inquiry into the possible theory of self-defense.

Defendant was represented by counsel at all stages of the proceedings below. Self-defense, how ever, was not raised until the motion for new trial. An examination of the records of both the guilty plea and the preliminary…