Miller v. State

Sam Robinson, Associate Justice.

The appellants were charged by felony information with the crime of grand larceny. Later, the information was amended by making the additional charge that appellant Jesse Miller had previously been convicted of the crime of burglary, and the additional charge that Leland Miller had previously been convicted of the crime of arson. A prior conviction increases the minimum penalty for the crime for which the defendant is then on trial. Ark. Stat. Ann. § 43-2328 (Repl. 1964).

At the beginning of the trial, defendants entered pleas of guilty, out of hearing of the…