Hegwood v. State

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from the order of the Circuit Court of McDonald County overruling appellant’s motion to withdraw his plea of guilty to the charge of first degree robbery.

On August 14, 1964, appellant offered to plead guilty to a bogus check charge and to first degree robbery. However, the court refused to accept the pleas because appellant was not represented by counsel, and the two cases were continued to August 17. On that date the court appointed Mr. Jerry Graves as his attorney, and after a conference between appellant and his counsel, a plea of guilty to each…