Glassco v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Coal county of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree, and his punishment fixed by the jury at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for seven years.

It is disclosed by the record, in substance, that upon return and receipt of this verdict in open court, defendant’s counsel announced that he would not file motion for a new trial, and waived his right to have the court fix a time to pronounce judgment and sentence, and requested that the court immediately pronounce judgment and sentence upon the…