Lusk v. State

Appeal from an order of the district court denying a petition for post-conviction relief. Petitioner, Ronald K. Lusk, contends that the record establishes that his physical and mental condition at the time of arraignment prevented him from intelligently and understandingly entering a plea of guilty. He also contends that his statements to the court at the time of arraignment were inconsistent with an admission of guilt.

From the record it appears that petitioner and an accomplice were apprehended on December 29, 1960, during the course of an armed robbery and following a gun battle with police…