People v. Reese

In 1938 plaintiff in error, Edward Reese, was convicted in the circuit court of Carroll County of larceny of a motor vehicle, under an indictment charging in count I the crime of larceny of a motor vehicle and in count II the crime of grand larceny. Upon his arraignment he entered a plea of guilty to stealing a motor vehicle “in the manner and form as charged in the indictment.” The court thereupon explained such a plea and the consequences and effect thereof, and, after defendant persisted in his plea of guilty, adjudged him guilty of stealing a motor vehicle and sentenced him to the…