State v. Ramsey

EAGER, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was charged in the City of St. Louis with attempted burglary, second degree. The case was tried to the court, upon the waiver of a jury entered in open court, and assented to by the trial judge pursuant to Art. 1, § 22(a), Mo. Constitution 1945, V.A.M.S. Such a waiver in a felony case was first permitted by the provisions of that Constitution. The trial court found defendant guilty and assessed his punishment at two years’ confinement. Defendant was represented at the trial and is represented here by appointed counsel. Motion for new trial was filed and…