Mikel v. State

TURNAGE, Judge.

The State appeals an order setting aside the conviction of Buddy Gordon Mikel and allowing him to withdraw his plea of guilty to rape. Mikel (movant) was sentenced to ten years confinement following a plea of guilty.

In his motion under Rule 27.26, movant alleged as grounds for vacating and setting aside his conviction (1) his plea of guilty was not entered knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily, with fifteen allegations of specific reasons, (2) the court accepted his plea of guilty without first determining whether or not it was voluntary, with four allegations of specific…