Thurman v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
ERROR to Franklin Circuit Court. Hugh F. Thomason, Judge. Appellant was not legally sentenced. The statute requires sentence to be passed immediately. Section 2307 is imperative. Bish. St. Cr. The court had the power to pass sentence. 52 Ark., 285 ; 45 Cal., 163; 5 Casey (lJenn.), 102; 5 Halst., 163; 2 McArthur, 512; 53 Mich., 296.
1Opinion of the CourtCockrill, C. J.
The appellant pleaded guilty to a charge of felony, and the court adjourned without pronouncing the sentence of the law. Before the next term he escaped from prison, but after an absence of several years was recaptured and sentence was formally pronounced by the court in which the conviction was had. The power to pass sentence under these circumstances is the only question pressed by counsel.
Felony—S' The statute does not require that the sentence shall be pronounced and judgment entered at the same term at which a plea of guilty is entered, and the entry of the judgment at a subsequent term…
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