State v. Hodge

Defendants do not contend that the attorneys who represented them in the Superior Court were incompetent; neither do they contend that they were unduly influenced or misinformed when they waived the finding of a bill by the grand jury and entered their pleas of guilty to the charge contained in the information. On the contrary, upon the oral argument, counsel expressly repudiated any such contention; nor have defendants asserted their innocence of the charge. In requiring that their sentences be appealed to this Court, defendants are merely taking advantage of the unlimited right of appeal…