Hughes v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

O’Connor, J.:

This appeal grows out of a K. S. A. 60-1507 proceeding in which the district court vacated petitioner’s conviction and sentence and ordered a new trial.

On May 12, 1967, petitioner, while represented by retained counsel, William Yockey, entered a plea of guilty to the offense of robbery in the first degree (K. S. A. 21-527). Before accepting petitioner’s plea, the district court carefully inquired of him whether: (1) any threats or promises had been made to induce a guilty plea, (2) he had freely counseled with his attorney and had been…