Crego v. State

BARRETT, Commissioner.

On May 7, 1962, Leonard Lee Crego entered a plea of guilty to a charge of armed robbery and was sentenced to twenty-five years’ imprisonment. Upon the robbery charge he was represented by Mr. Roy Coyne to whom he claims to have paid a fee of $1500.00. In this 27.26 proceeding, perhaps more accurately a 27.25 proceeding to withdraw a plea of guilty, instituted six years later, September 3, 1968, the court took “judicial knowledge of the fact that Roy Coyne practiced law in this County for approximately 50 years, served several terms at different times as Prosecuting…