Plessman v. State

Carl Plessman was convicted of arson and sentenced to four years in the penitentiary, which conviction and sentence he seeks to reverse in this court.

The information charged that the plaintiff in error, Carl Plessman, hereafter called the defendant, set fire to. the barn of a neighboring farmer, John V. Juricek, on May 13, 1935, with intent to burn it. On May 15 defendant was brought into court by the sheriff, waived a preliminary examination in the municipal court, and about an hour later was arraigned in the district court, entered a plea of guilty, and was thereupon sentenced to two years…