Morris v. State

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Barney J. Morris has appealed from the order of the trial court overruling his motion to withdraw his plea of guilty to stealing a hog of the value of $58. We reverse and remand.

At the time of arraignment appellant entered a plea of not guilty, and in the discussion with the court concerning the hiring of an attorney he stated: “Well, Your Honor, I don’t know nothing about it [the charge of stealing] only what I’ve heard. I was out when that all taken place.” About a month later appellant appeared in court with counsel and the following occurred:

BY THE COURT: Now, Mr.…