Stanley v. State

It is my opinion that the trial court should have given petitioner a hearing on his allegations. No doubt the record does not reflect anything except full compliance with the rules of procedure and statutory requirements. Even if someone were to be holding a gun against petitioner’s head while he made his plea the record would not reflect such an event. Everyone who ever pled a client guilty knows the record can be inaccurate to the extent it never reveals a defendant wanted to do anything but plead guilty even if he had serious reservations. If this man received promises that his wife might…