Youngblood v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

The question presented is whether a guilty plea record in which the trial court did not advise the defendant of his Boykin rights may be rehabilitated through testimony during a post-conviction hearing. We hold that it may.

In 1978, Youngblood pled guilty to aggravated assault and battery in return for a suspended sentence. He later filed a petition for post-conviction relief asserting, among other things, that his plea was not entered voluntarily and intelligently. The trial court denied Youngblood's petition and the Court of Appeals affirmed. Youngblood v. State, 528…