State v. Brown

MASON, Justice.

This is an appeal by defendant Verlin Charles Brown from judgment imposed upon his conviction of robbery. He seeks vacation of the conviction which was based upon his plea of guilty. He contends the trial court erred in accepting his tendered plea of guilty without an inquiry to determine of record that the plea of guilty was made with an understanding of the charge or that there was a factual basis for the plea.

November 9,1976, a preliminary information was filed in the Polk District Court accusing defendant of the crime of robbery in violation of section 711.3, The Code,…