Toland v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

The petitioner Wayne Toland is presently serving a sentence in the Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas. He entered voluntary pleas of guilty to grand larceny and burglary in the second degree on September 2, 1965. Petitioner’s motion to vacate and set aside the judgment and sentences was presented and denied by the trial court on June 30, 1966. Appeal is taken from the order denying the motion to vacate.

The grounds on which petitioner based his motion were (1) “incompetent and ineffective assistance of counsel,” (2) “I was forced…