Ketring v. State

An affidavit in two counts, the first charging voluntary manslaughter, and the second, involuntary manslaughter, was filed against the appellant on July 18, 1934. The appellant, on the same day the affidavit was filed, plead guilty to the first count of the affidavit and was sentenced to the Indiana State Prison for a period of not less than two (2) nor more than twenty-one years. At the time the appellant entered his plea of guilty he had not consulted with an attorney nor anyone else other than the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff of the county. On the 23rd day of July, 1934, the…