Hayes v. State

WELBORN, Commissioner.

Appeal from denial of relief in proceeding under Rule 27.25 and Rule 27.26.

On July 17, 1967, Calvin Lee Hayes entered a plea of guilty in the Jackson County Circuit Court to a charge of forcible rape. He was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment.

On October 27, 1970, he filed a motion in the Jackson County Circuit Court, subsequently amended on November 17, 1971, to set aside and vacate the judgment of conviction on the following ground:

“1. That Movant’s guilty plea is defective because the Court did not determine at the time it was entered that it was made voluntarily and…