Hill v. State

KANNER, Chief Judge.

The trial judge denied a motion of the appellant to withdraw the plea of guilty entered by him under an information charging murder in the second degree and resulting in a sentence of 20 years in the state prison. The appeal is from the judgment and sentence and the basis of it is the order denying the motion to withdraw the plea of guilty.

Appellant’s victim was Beatrice Jones, who had lived with him as his wife for fourteen years. Following the commission of the homicide on June 16, 1958, appellant was arrested, imprisoned in Tampa city jail, and interrogated. The next…