State v. Jackson

Defendant pled guilty to manslaughter on October 12, 1973. He was sentenced the same day to imprisonment for 10 years. He perfected an appeal, alleging three assignments of error. The second assignment alleges the trial court abused its discretion in sentencing the defendant without the benefit of a presentence investigation. We affirm the judgment of conviction, and remand for resentencing.

Defendant was originally charged with first-degree murder but the charge was reduced to second-degree murder upon his agreement to testify for the State in a murder trial against another charged with…