Tift v. State

Eberhardt, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was arrested November 28, 1972 upon a warrant charging burglary, was indicted May 14, 1973, had counsel appointed for him as an indigent September 13, 1973, was tried and convicted February 4, 1974, and on the sentencing phase of the trial was given a sentence of 2 years and 4 months. He appeals from the judgment on the verdict and enumerates as error (1) the sentence, which he contends was required to be in even years and not in years and part or parts thereof, and (2) an unreasonable delay in bringing the defendant to trial. In the notice of appeal…