State v. Bean

HAYDEN, Judge.

In 1978 Merlin Bean and Lois Bean, husband and wife, were jointly charged with first-degree burglary. However, the Beans failed to appear for their arraignment.

In December 1988, after an interval of more than ten years, the Beans finally appeared for arraignment on the 1978 first-degree burglary charges. The Beans later entered pleas of guilty to lesser charges. Merlin Bean pleaded guilty to burglary in the second degree, and Lois Bean pleaded guilty to attempted burglary in the second degree. The court later sentenced Merlin Bean to a prison term of up to ten years and Lois…