Commonwealth v. Mangum

Opinion by

Spaeth, J.,

Appellant pleaded guilty to burglary and was sentenced to prison for two and a half to seven years and to pay costs and a fine of $100. The court below states in its opinion that “[t]he facts in this case are that this defendant, along with three other defendants, were caught in the Post Office at Robinson at an early hour after the State Police had been notified that there were people breaking into the Post Office building. All of the defendants in the ease could hardly do anything else than plead guilty as they were caught as we would say ‘red-handed.’ ” The only issue…