State v. Mallory

BARRETT, Commissioner.

A jury found the appellant William Mallory guilty of robbery in the first degree and fixed his punishment at ten years’ imprisonment.

Appellant’s counsel briefed and argued two points, the first is that the information was “so confusing and nonsensical as to not be a plain, concise and definite statement of the essential facts constituting the offense charged and was therefore an unconstitutional denial of due process of law in that it did not notify the appellant of the nature and cause of the accusation against him.” While the appellant cites the due process clauses of…