State v. Brown

Defendant was convicted of forgery and uttering as true, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not less than one year and not more than three years.

After defendant was sentenced, the state filed an information under Act No. 15 of 1928, charging defendant with having been convicted and sentenced in the state of Alabama for the crime of “ ‘Forgery in the Second Degree,’ a felony under the law of Louisiana,” and prayed that defendant’s sentence be annulled and that he be resentenced as a second offender.

Defendant moved to quash the information. His motion was sustained,…