Crockett v. Commonwealth

OSBORNE, Judge.

Appellant, Ashby Crockett, Jr., was sentenced to 21 years in the state penitentiary upon a charge of assault with an offensive weapon with intent to rob. Judgment was entered on January 17, 1956. No timely appeal was taken from that judgment.

On September 14, 1970, the Fayette Circuit Court on a hearing for relief under RCr 11.42 denied appellant’s application for relief and overruled a motion to reopen the proceedings. He now makes three contentions of error:

1. He was denied counsel at a preliminary hearing.

*1132. He inadvertently or mistakenly entered a plea of guilty without fully…