State v. Jenkins

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

On December 1, 1959, James Monroe Jenkins was charged by one information (Case No. 33,379) with the offense of statutory rape, and by another information (Case No. 33,378) with the offense of stealing an automobile. On the same day two well known and respected members *442of the bar were appointed to represent him. On July 10, 1961, in open court and in the presence of his counsel defendant entered a plea of guilty to the charge of stealing an automobile. He was sentenced by the court to imprisonment for a term of five years, and judgment was entered accordingly. The trial…