People ex rel. Thornwell v. Heacox

Appellant is confined in prison under the second of three sentences imposed on him simultaneously under a single conviction. He was tried upon an indictment which changed him with the commission of four felonies, to Wit, attempted robbery, first degree, attempted robbery, second degree, attempted grand larceny, first degree, and assault, second- degree; all based upon a single act or group of acts comprising one transaction (Code Crim. Proc. § 279), to wit, an assault by relator on the proprietor of a gasoline station in the night time, in aid of, and in an attempt to take money and other…