Spoo v. State

The defendant was charged in the language of the statute, sec. 343.25, with obtaining $20 in money by false pretenses. He pleaded guilty. After the plea was entered, the court ascertained that he had previously been convicted of a felony, and under the repeater statute, sec. 359.13, imposed a sentence of not less than one nor more than five years. The information did not charge the prior conviction, nor did the district attorney in writing charge the defendant with it after the fact was ascertained. The penalty for obtaining less than $100 in violation of the false pretense statute is…