People v. Mauch

In this case the defendant, Richard Mauch, challenges the validity of his 1962 plea of guilty to kidnapping two City of Jackson policemen.

We hold that the plea was valid according to the standards existing at the time. We, therefore, reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and reinstate the conviction.

There are three issues to be decided:

1) Whether the guilty plea is fatally defective because the record fails to disclose the defendant’s acknowledgment of guilt of the element of asportation of the kidnapping victims;

2) Whether the trial court, in failing to advise the defendant that…