Gerard v. State

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

This appeal involves tbe question of the proper method of revocation of a suspended sentence. Appellant, Julius Gerard, Jr., was charged with, and convicted, of the crime of Assault with a Deadly Weapon in the Pulaski Circuit Court on May 25, 1961. The jury fixed appellant’s punishment at a fine of $1,000 and one year’s imprisonment. Suspension of the penalty was recommended to the court. The court complied partly with the recommendation of the jury by suspending the imprisonment, but refused to suspend the fine, giving Gerard one week in which to pay-same. On…