Allen v. State Cordes v. State

Appellants were separately, charged with a felony. Both entered pleas of guilty and were sentenced to serve from two to fourteen years in prison. Immediately afterward they filed separate petitions to vacate the judgments and for leave to withdraw their pleas of guilty and enter pleas of not guilty. Evidence was heard, at the conclusion of which the trial court denied the petitions. The facts and the pleadings in both cases are substantially identical. The causes were consolidated for the purposes of appeal.

Error is assigned upon the action of the court in denying the petitions to vacate the…