State v. Finney

Under our statute (R. S. 62-1718), directing this court to give judgment without regard to errors which do not affect the substantial rights of the parties, the appeal in this case might well be dismissed, for any sentence of not less than one nor more than twenty-one years on each count, which the court could rightfully impose in this case, whether on eleven, fifteen, or on thirty-one counts, if made to run consecutively, would extend far beyond the normal lifetime of appellant and amounts to a life sentence to him. His only hope to be released from prison is through the exercise at some…