ALLEN v. STATE

No. 2-56639.

217 N.W.2d 528 (1974)

Robert Wesley ALLEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 24, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Vern Robinson, Iowa City, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Dennis E. Jontz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ruth R. Harkin, County Atty., for appellee.

Heard before MOORE, C. J., and MASON, LeGRAND, REYNOLDSON and HARRIS, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

Robert Wesley Allen (petitioner) brought this postconviction proceeding to challenge the trial court's refusal to allow him to withdraw a guilty plea. In a separate division he sought to challenge disciplinary punishment at the penal institution to which he was sentenced. The trial court denied relief on the first claim and refused to consider the second. We think the trial court erred on petitioner's first claim but should be affirmed on the second...

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