Roberts v. State

HOLMAN, Judge.

Movant (hereinafter referred to as defendant) has appealed from an order of the circuit court, made after an evidentiary hearing, overruling his motion to vacate filed pursuant to S.Ct. Rule 27.26, V.A.M. R.

Defendant had been charged with murder in the first degree but, by agreement, entered a plea of guilty to the offense of manslaughter and was sentenced to a term of ten years’ imprisonment. For several months after his arrest he was represented by attorneys on the staff of the Public Defender, but prior to entering his plea of guilty employed an attorney of his own choosing.…