Hatcher v. State

HOFFMAN, Judge.

Petitioner-appellant Wilbert Hatcher appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief.

Hatcher presents three issues for review which may be restated as: whether his guilty plea was knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily entered where he pleaded guilty but maintained his innocence, where the court did not properly administer the statutory advisements required before taking a guilty plea, and where he was coerced into pleading guilty.

The facts relevant to this appeal disclose that in 1976 Hatcher was charged with two counts of commission of a felony while armed.…