Antuna v. State

NIX, Judge.

Joe Nova Antuna, plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was charged in the District Court of Johnston County with the crime of Robbery in the First Degree. He appeared before the District Judge on March IS, 1963, accompanied by his attorney, and withdrew his plea of Not Guilty, entered a plea of Guilty to the reduced charge of Robbery in the Second Degree, and was sentenced to a term of two years in the State Penitentiary. From this judgment and sentence he now attempts to appeal.

The defendant asserts that he was coerced into entering the plea of Guilty, as…