STATE v. BEECHUM

No. 73,982.

23 Kan. App.2d 519 (1997)

934 P.2d 151

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. LARRY EUGENE BEECHUM, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed February 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Robinson, of Reynolds, Forker, Berkley, Suter, Rose & Dower, of Hutchinson, for appellant.

Alan Hughes, assistant county attorney, Mary Ann Shirley, administrative attorney, of Hutchinson Correctional Facility, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, for the appellee.

Before ROYSE, P.J., ROGG, S.J., and EDWARD E. BOUKER, District Judge, assigned.


BOUKER, J.:

Larry Eugene Beechum pled no contest to robbery and, on May 20, 1994, was sentenced to 57 months' imprisonment. Beechum later requested to withdraw his plea. At the first hearing Beechum called two witnesses who had information tending to exonerate him. Beechum testified that he pled no contest even though he was innocent because his attorney advised him to do so and told him he would probably get probation. The court took the motion under advisement,...

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