State v. Ugarte

Joseph Ugarte and Edward Pezant were /Charged'in the first count of a bill of information with stealing an automobile and in the second count with having the stolen automobile in their possession, knowing it to have been stolen.

Defendants were tried jointly. Pezant was acquitted on both counts. Ugarte was acquitted on the first count and convicted on the second count.. After his conviction, on a proceeding instituted by the state under Act No. 15 of 1928, Ugarte was found guilty as a second offender, and sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary. Prom his convictions and the…