SWAGGER v. STATE

No. 4859.

296 S.W.2d 204 (1956)

Eugene SWAGGER, Appellant, v. The STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 3, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Howard, Jr., Pine Bluff, for appellant.

Tom Gentry, Atty. Gen, Paul C. Rawlings, Asst. Atty. Gen, for appellee.


ROBINSON, Justice.

The appellant, Eugene Swagger, a boy nineteen years of age, pleaded guilty to the charge of assault with intent to kill and was given the maximum sentence of 21 years in the penitentiary. Later, after having been committed to the penitentiary, he filed a motion to set aside the judgment of conviction and order of commitment on the ground that he was not represented by counsel at the time he entered the plea of guilty.

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