LANGTRY, Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of dismissal after a demurrer was sustained to a post-conviction petition. The appeal presents this question: When the petitioner alleges facts seeking to show an action or a failure to act by his attorney which results in a lack of understanding by the accused of the possible consequences of his guilty plea, will a demurrer lie to the petition? The answer involves the effect to be given to the presumption that the attorney...
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