State Ex Rel. Smith v. Jameson

NICHOL, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Wilson R. Smith, entered his plea of guilty in the Circuit Court of Spink County, South Dakota, to the crime of grand larceny. After his plea the States Attorney filed a supplemental information charging him with being an habitual criminal and the court sentenced the defendant to 15 years in the State Penitentiary under the enhancement provisions of the habitual criminal statute.

This case reaches the Supreme Court "on an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Minnehaha County quashing a writ of habeas corpus sought by the defendant.

During oral…