Calloway v. State

March 6,1934, appellant, Connie Calloway, entered a plea of guilty, in the Madison circuit court, to the crime of assault with the intent to kill. The court assessed his punishment at ten years in the state penitentiary, with the provision, however, that the sentence should be suspended pending appellant’s good behavior. Appellant was then allowed his liberty and no further action taken in the matter until December 12,1939, when the prosecuting attorney of the district filed a petition praying that the order suspending sentence be set aside, that appellant be sentenced to the penitentiary,…