State v. Ginalva

The defendant was charged with violating the prohibition law (Act 39 of 1921). On arraignment, he pleaded not guilty. Subsequently, when the case was called for trial, he withdrew the plea, pleaded guilty, and was released on his bond to await sentence. When he appeared for sentence, defendant filed a motion in arrest of judgment in which he alleged, on various grounds, the unconstitutionality of the statute on which he was being prosecuted. The motion was overruled, defendant reserving a bill to the ruling. The court, in view of defendant’s plea of guilty, sentenced him to pay a fine of $50,…