BYRD, Justice.
Appellant Johnnie Stephenson, charged with the April 1, 1967, murder of Lee Jackson Palmer, pleaded guilty to second degree murder on July 22, 1968, and was sentenced to serve 21 years. In his petition under Criminal Procedure Rule 1, and in his testimony at the resultant hearing, appellant asserted that, "his attorney entered the plea of guilty without his approval, and thus denied him the right to a jury trial; that he was not in fact guilty of killing...
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