Bradshaw v. State

George Rose Smith, Justice.

In July of 1969 the appellant pleaded guilty to four charges of uttering forged checks and was sentenced to eight years imprisonment upon each charge, the sentences to run concurrently. Thereafter he filed a petition for postconviction relief under Criminal Procedure Rule 1, asserting that his pleas of guilty were induced by coercion. This appeal is from the circuit court’s denial of the petition, after an evidentiary hearing.

Bradshaw testified that while he was in jail awaiting trial he was beaten and his head was shaved, on orders given by the sheriff. That…