The People v. Boyd

Raymond Boyd was indicted, May 15, 1930, for the murder of Frank Blessing. On June 9, 1930, he appeared in open court and pleaded guilty. He was fully advised by the court as to the consequences of his plea, but persisted in it. The court then heard evidence in “aggravation or mitigation of the offense,” but Boyd offered no testimony in his own behalf. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

This writ of error was not sued out until September, 1938. Boyd obtained no extension of time within which to file a bill of exceptions and filed none during the term at which the judgment was rendered…