State v. Zumwalt

291 P.2d 257 (1955)

STATE of Montana, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

James R. ZUMWALT, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 9345.

Supreme Court of Montana.

December 8, 1955.

Myles J. Thomas, Helena, for appellant.

Arnold H. Olsen, Atty. Gen., C. W. Leaphart, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jay M. Kurtz, County Atty., Missoula, argued orally, for respondent.

DAVIS, Justice.

On July 1, 1952, the district court for Missoula County, Honorable C.E. Comer, Judge, sentenced the relator Zumwalt to seven years in the Montana State Prison upon his plea of guilty to an information, which assumed at least to charge the crime of…