Eldridge v. State

Defendant (Appellant) was convicted in magistrate’s court of the crime of operating a motor vehicle without an operator’s license. He was found guilty and fined $10.00 and costs. He appealed to criminal court, was there retried by the court and found guilty, fined $10.00 and costs and sentenced to six months in prison. He has appealed to this Court contending that it was a denial of due process for the criminal court, on appeal, to impose a sentence more severe than that imposed by the magistrate’s court, inasmuch as there was no affirmative showing of the criminal court’s reasoning therefor.

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