State v. Schaeffer

In this post conviction proceeding, defendant, Bernard R. Schaeffer, appeals from the trial court’s denial of his pro se “Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea” and the denial of a “Motion to Vacate Conviction and Sentence” filed by defendant’s appointed counsel. For the reasons hereinafter set out we affirm.

The record shows that on May 22, 1977, a complaint was filed in Hall County, Nebraska, against defendant, charging that on May 18,1977, defendant, while in the perpetration of a robbery, did feloniously kill Donald N. Berry, Jr. On May 22, 1977, defendant appeared with his own private counsel…