Cooper v. State

This is an appeal from a motion to set aside a plea of guilty. The appellant, Bonnie Ray Cooper, was indicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, for burglary of the Kroger Company, Inc. in the City of Jackson. He employed attorneys to represent him. When this case was ready for trial, he entered a plea of guilty. Motion to change this plea was later filed. Hearing- was had thereon, and the motion was denied by the court.

The sole question involved in this appeal is whether or not the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to allow the…