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POTTER v. MOHN

No. 14336.

256 S.E.2d 763 (1979)

Kenneth Ray POTTER v. Richard MOHN, Acting Superintendent, West Virginia Penitentiary as successor to Bobby J. Leverette.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

July 17, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Dennis White, Jr. and Bernard T. Nibert, II, Huntington, for relator.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen., Richard L. Gottlieb, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondent.

MILLER, Justice:

This original proceeding in habeas corpus presents the question of whether relator's guilty plea was voluntary.

Relator Kenneth Potter, his brother Roy Potter, and William Frye were arrested for the armed robbery of a store. All three were indicted for armed robbery. One attorney was retained to represent all three men.

In this habeas corpus proceeding, the attorney testified by deposition that both Kenneth and Roy Potter claimed they...

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