Bell v. State

The appellant was indicted at the May 1964 term of the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County for the embezzlement of gasoline credit cards issued by various oil companies to his employer, Stephens Funeral Home, Inc. The Appellant, being represented by counsel, by leave of court, entered a plea of nolo contendere, and on May 8, 1964, was sentenced to two years imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

On May 25, 1964, the appellant, having obtained new counsel, filed a motion for permission to withdraw his plea of nolo contendere and assigned as grounds therefor the • following: (1) That the…