Barksdale v. Ricketts

Hall, Justice.

In this appeal from the denial of his pro se habeas corpus petition by the Butts County Superior Court following a hearing, Melvin Barksdale attacks the 1973 entry of his guilty plea to a charge of theft by taking a tool box and contents of the value of $800. He contends that his appointed attorney was ineffective and that his plea was not voluntarily and intelligently entered. The record reflects that his admitted colleagues in this admitted crime were James Lamar McCrary and Michael Wayne McCrary, who entered their pleas of guilty simultaneously with the entry of Barksdale’s…