Holloway v. State

.OPINION

Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., and CONNOR, ERWIN, BOOCHEVER and BURKE, JJ. RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

A robbery indictment was returned against Vance Holloway in which it was charged that “David Nickels and Vance Holloway did ... by force and violence and by putting Floyd Swanson in fear by beating him about the head and body” take $300 from the person of Floyd Swanson. 1 Upon his plea of guilty to this charge, Holloway was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment with credit for time already served and eligibility for parole to be determined by the parole board in its discretion. Holloway…