Hollingshed v. State

This appeal arises from the denial of a petition for post-conviction relief by which appellant sought permission to withdraw a plea of guilty. The plea was entered before the Honorable Saul I. Rabb on February 8, 1971, to the offense of second degree murder upon a charge of first degree murder. Appellant received a sentence of fifteen to twenty-five years

The verified post-conviction petition was based upon appellant’s claim that he had not made his plea knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily, in that the trial court had not informed him of the rights which he would relinquish by pleading…