State Ex Rel. Adams v. Tahash

This is an appeal from an order dismissing a writ of habeas corpus issued on a petition which seeks review of a conviction for bank robbery. Relator alleges that he was denied competent counsel at his trial and that he was mentally incapacitated between the time of arraignment and the time of sentencing. Having been persuaded by the public defender to plead guilty on the assurance that the sentence would be reduced from life to 50 years, relator claims that neither the court nor counsel fully advised him of his right to a trial, the consequences of his plea, the sentence to be imposed, or his…