Petro v. State

This was an action by the State of Indiana against the appellant, Aleck Petro, on a charge of rape in the first degree under the Acts of 1927, page 576. The appellant was tried by a jury, found guilty, and was sentenced to the Indiana State Prison for life.

The appellant assigns as errors the following: (1) The court erred in overruling appellant’s motion for continuance, (2) the court erred in overruling appellant’s motion for a new trial, (3) the court erred in fixing the punishment, in that the punishment fixed by the court is illegal and in excess of the punishment fixed by the statute…