Cline v. State

.OPINION

On January 31, 1959, a jury convicted appellant and a co-defendant of murder and assessed -the death penalty against both men. The convictions were set aside, because of improprieties on the part of the jury and a new trial was ordered. Prior to the scheduled new trial the co-defendant entered a guilty plea and was sentenced to- life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. Plea bargaining was then commenced between appellant’s counsel and the prosecutor and as a result, appellant withdrew his plea of not guilty. On March 4, 1959, he pleaded guilty to the charged crime, and on the…