Sands v. State

SHANNON, Judge.

Appellant M. C. Sands pleaded guilty to uttering a forged instrument and was convicted thereof on March 2, 1966. On August 8, 1966, after pre-sentence investigation, he was sentenced to 39 months in prison. On the same day he filed a handwritten “petition and motion to vacate or deferr [sic] judgment, and release from custody until reconsideration and final [disposition of said case,” alleging denial in general of his constitutional rights and the court’s failure to ask him, pursuant to the requirements of Fla.Stat., Sec. 921.07, F.S.A., whether he had any cause to show why…