State v. Allen

Citations

• 41 Wash. 63
• 82 P. 1036
• 1905 Wash. LEXIS 1067

Syllabus

<p>Ckiminal Law — Pleading—Plea of Guilty Induced by Unfaib Means — Informing Accused of His Rights. A judgment and sentence entered upon a plea of guilty should be set aside and leave given to withdraw the plea, where it appears that the same was induced by promises that a light sentence would be given by the court, made by officers and detectives, who refused to permit the accused to communicate with his friends or an attorney, and where the accused claims to be innocent and the court did not explicitly inform him, upon arraignment, of his rights as required to do by statute.</p>