The People v. Cox

February 21, 1935, plaintiff in error, Homer Cox, was indicted, tried and sentenced in the circuit court of Lawrence County on a count charging burglary and larceny. The indictment also contained a count which sought to convict him under the provisions of the Habitual Criminal Act. He waived a jury trial, pleaded guilty to the count charging burglary and larceny, and judgment was entered sentencing him to the penitentiary for a term of one year to life. Appearing pro se, and relying solely on the common-law record, Cox prosecutes this writ of error.

He first urges that the trial court erred in…