Mahan v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction for the offense of negligent homicide in the second degree; the court, upon a plea of guilty, having assessed a fine of $1000.

Judgment was pronounced on September 28th, 1954, and on October 11, 1954, a motion for new trial was filed attacking the complaint and information and complaining that appellant was not permitted to withdraw his plea of guilty upon the ground that he did not understand and the court did not explain to him the nature of the charge against him; that he was in a confused state of mind at the time he entered the plea, which…