Pinkney v. State

SEBRING, J.:

This case is before us oh a motion to dismiss an appeal taken from a judgment and sentence entered pursuant to a voluntary plea of guilty to a criminal information charging the unlawful possession and sale of lottery tickets. At the same session of the Court in which the appellant, in the presence of his counsel, entered his plea of guilty, the trial judge adjudicated his guilt and consequently thereon ordered “that the passing of sentence herein be continued from day to day and from term to term until finally disposed of.”

At a term of court held approximately two years and seven…