Gibson v. State

Lewis, Justice.

On March 20, 1967, appellant, Freddie Gibson, represented by court appointed counsel, entered a plea of guilty, along with three codefendants, to housebreaking and safe-cracking. Fie received a sentence of fifteen years for the offense of safecracking, with five years suspended upon the service of ten; and also a concurrent sentence of two years for housebreaking. Thereafter, in June 1967, appellant filed a petition in habeas corpus seeking to have his plea of guilty and sentence set aside upon the ground that the plea was not voluntarily and understanding^ entered. His…