State v. Ambrose

HAMITER, Justice.

On June 17, 1947, the defendant, Robert Ambrose, was tried by a jury for the offense of attempted armed robbery and found guilty as charged. Thereafter he was convicted by the court as a fourth offender, under the provisions of Act No. 45 of 1942, and was sentenced to serve a term at hard labor in the State Penitentiary for the rest of his natural life. From the latter conviction and sentence he appealed, presenting for our consideration one bill of exceptions taken to the court’s action in overruling a motion in arrest of judgment.

Insofar as pertinent here, Act No. 45 of…