FIELDS v. STATE

No. 56694.

484 S.W.2d 208 (1972)

Thomas Alexander FIELDS, Movant-Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

September 11, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Frager, Kansas City, for movant-appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Preston Dean, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


L. F. COTTEY, Special Judge.

Movant was arraigned on a charge of rape in the Circuit Court of Jackson County on June 8, 1967. On the same day an attorney was appointed to represent him who entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf. Later, after several conferences with his attorney and his parents, movant again appeared in open court and asked leave to withdraw his earlier plea and to enter, in its stead, a plea of guilty to the charge. He consented to an examination...

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