State v. McCoy

This is an appeal on questions of law from the Court of Common Pleas for Hamilton County.

The facts and sequence of events are not in dispute and an exposition of them is necessary to an understanding of our resolution of the issue.

Defendant was indicted for a violation of E. C. 4511.-181 (homicide by vehicle in the first degree), and upon arraignment entered a plea of not guilty.

The bill of exceptions discloses that some weeks later, on June 25, 1968, the defendant, with retained counsel, appeared before the court below, retracted his plea of not guilty, and entered a plea of guilty to the…