State v. Collins

Statement of the Case.

MONROE, J.

The applicant, in propria persona, alleges that he pleaded guilty to the charge of “uttering as true,” and was sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor for 14 years.

“That he * * * was riot sentenced for the offense to which he had entered a plea, which is shown when the statutes are examined; * * * for it will be seen that the statute, which makes it an offense to utter as true, knowing that the uttered instrument is false, is section 835, R. S., and that the penalty * * * should be that of a sentence ‘not exceeding three years’ and a fine of $2,000. Petitioner…