People Ex Rel. Carroll v. District Court of the Second Judicial District

THE relator, the Honorable John. A. Carroll, as district attorney of the Second Judicial District, seeks in this court a writ of mandamus compelling the district court of that district to impose upon one Siraguso a sentence that will correspond to a penalty within the limits provided by law for a crime as to which a jury has duly returned a verdict of guilty against said Siraguso.

The controversy arises from the district judge's attempt to suspend the imposition of sentence in spite of the fact that the district attorney refuses to approve of such suspension.

[1, 2] Determination of the guilt…