Luff v. State

The sole question for consideration in this case is that of the right of one convicted of a criminal offense to be sentenced under the law as it existed at the time of the commission of the alleged offense. The facts incident thereto are as follows:

Morris F. Luff was indicted by the grand jury of Cuyahoga county on the 18th day of May, 1923, for the offense of embezzlement. On October 24th of the same year the jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the common pleas court passed the following sentence :

“It is ordered and adjudged by the court that said defendant, Morris F. Luff, be imprisoned…