Sweden v. State

The defendant, Carl Sweden, was charged in the district court of Pittsburg county with escaping from the State Penitentiary; a jury was waived, the defendant was tried, convicted and sentenced to serve the minimum term of two years in the State Penitentiary and has appealed.

At the time of the arraignment of defendant, he was without counsel and the district court appointed his present counsel to represent him.

The record discloses that the hearing before the district judge was very informal. Much of the evidence consists in statements by counsel admitting certain facts in lieu of the state…