State Ex Rel. Pittman v. Tahash

Rogosheske, Justice.

Appeal from an order denying postconviction relief.

Subsequent to the selection of two jurors to try defendant upon two indictments charging him with first-degree murder in the deaths of two fellow inmates of the Moose Lake Prison Farm, defendant, with consent of the state, advice of counsel, and leave of court, withdrew his plea of not guilty to both charges and entered pleas of guilty to reduced charges of second-degree murder. The court accepted these pleas, adjudged defendant guilty of the charges, and on October 20, 1965, imposed two concurrent sentences of 40 years.…