People v. Stewman

Defendant was convicted in 1964 in the Bay County Circuit Court of uttering and publishing a forged check. MCLA § 750.249 (Stat Ann 1962 Rev § 28.446).

Defendant’s argument, raised in a motion for a new trial and on appeal, is that the guilty plea must be vacated because of improper compliance with G-CR 1963, 785.3(2) and because the plea was untruthful and involuntary.

Testimony, at a two-day hearing on defendant’s motion to withdraw his plea and for a new trial, indicated that he was intoxicated and under the influence of drugs when he pleaded guilty.

GrCR 1963, 785.3(2) requires the trial…