Van Arsdale v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a conviction for perjury; the punishment, two years in the State penitentiary.

Appellant was charged by indictment with the offense of robbery by assault. Upon the call of the case for trial, the State and appellant agreed that the charge of robbery would be reduced to the offense of theft from the person. The trial court consented to and recognized such agreement and reduction. Thereupon, appellant waived a trial by jury, entered his plea of guilty to the offense of theft from the person and filed his sworn plea for a suspension of sentence, in which he stated that he…