The minutes of the proceedings, conducted at the time the defendant's plea of guilty to attempted manslaughter was taken, clearly show that, on the defendant's own statement, the court should have been alerted to the insufficiency of the guilty plea. The statement of the defendant that what happened was not his fault, that he was sleeping on the couch and the deceased "fight with me", should have indicated to the court that the defendant was not willingly entering his plea...
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