State v. Andress

HATHAWAY, Judge.

The appellant was charged with aggravated assault and bound over to the Superior Court of Maricopa County, Arizona, on October 8, 1964. The offense charged was subsequently reduced to malicious mischief and the appellant entered a guilty plea thereto. He was fined $200 and sentenced to six months imprisonment in the county jail.

The appellant bases his appeal on the grounds that the six months jail sentence, together with a fine in the sum of $200, is excessive and constitutes an abuse of the trial court’s discretion. He urges this court to modify the judgment under the…