Perry v. State

To a three-count indictment charging assault with intent to rape, assault with intent to carnally know a child under the age of fourteen years and common law assualt and battery, appellant pleaded guilty to the third count. He was sentenced to three years imprisonment and referred to Patuxent Institution to determine whether he could be classified as a defective delinquent.

In this appeal it is asserted that the plea of guilty was not knowingly and voluntarily entered because the possibility of appellant’s confinement in the Patuxent Institution as a defective delinquent “was never explained,…