State v. Ulmo

The amended information in this case charges Frank Ulmo, Jr., with the crime of taking and driving away a truck belonging to another. The defendant entered a plea of not guilty and a further plea of former jeopardy. The latter plea was based upon the fact that he had theretofore been tried before a jury on the same charge, and, after the jury had retired to deliberate on a verdict, it was. discharged by the court in the absence of the defendant and his attorney. The jury in this case returned a verdict of guilty. The defendant moved for an arrest of judgment or, in the alternative, for a new…