People v. Carr

Defendant was charged with rape. The information was in four counts alleging the commission of four separate offenses. The jury returned a verdict of guilty on each count, and also in each instance recommended punishment by confinement in the county jail. Judgment was thereupon pronounced, sentencing the defendant to confinement in the county jail for a period of one year on each count, the sentences to run consecutively. Defendant appeals claiming that the court- had no jurisdiction to impose sentence to the county jail for more than one year.

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