Pugh v. Wainwright

RAWLS, Chief Judge.

Appellant, Leon C. Pugh, challenges his adjudication of guilty for the crime of murder in the second degree and his ensuing sentence of 23 years upon the primary ground that the trial judge failed to advise him, prior to accepting his plea of guilty, of his right to challenge the composition of the grand jury which returned the indictment of first degree murder.

The public defender representing Pugh has filed an Anders brief in which the facts surrounding the plea bargaining, which resulted in the lesser included offense of second degree murder being lodged, are set forth.…