People Ex Rel. Totten v. Frye

The petitioner, Glen Totten, on July 31, 1959, appeared with counsel in the circuit court of Wayne County, waived indictment and entered a plea of guilty to a criminal information charging him with the crime of robbery while armed with a dangerous weapon. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 5 to 25 years. The circuit court of Wayne County dismissed Totten’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and, appearing pro se, he has appealed to this court from the judgment of the circuit court.

The petitioner protests that the criminal information to which he pleaded guilty was defective…