Eagle v. State

Upon his plea of guilty to an affidavit charging automobile banditry appellant was sentenced to a term of 25 years in the state reformatory. About a month later he filed a verified petition to vacate the judgment and for leave to change his plea to not guilty. After hearing, his petition was denied and the only error assigned is on this ruling.

The question for the trial court was whether appellant entered his plea of guilty “freely and under standingly.” Rhodes v. State (1927), 199 Ind. 183, 156 N. E. 389; Loucks v. State (1937), 213 Ind. 108, 11 N. E. (2d) 694; Crooks v. State (1938), 214…