Lee v. State

MORGAN, Judge.

On September 7, 1961, appellant entered a plea of guilty to a charge of murder in the first degree, and the trial court imposed a sentence of life imprisonment. Proceeding under S.Ct. Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R., he moved to have the judgment and sentence vacated. After an evidentiary hearing, relief was denied and this appeal followed.

Appellant was on August 24, 1961, formally charged with the murder of his ex-wife on or about June 5, 1959. While confined in the jail of Jasper County on another charge (burglary and stealing), it appears that he signed a confession that while with his…