Schoolcraft v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Conviction for theft of an automobile of the value of more than fifty dollars; punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

Appellant pleaded guilty, and filed an application for a suspended sentence. His case was heard before the court March 18, 1935, but after hearing the testimony and the argument the case was taken under consideration by the court, and judgment entered, fixing the punishment at two years and denying the suspension of sentence, on March 27th.

As preliminary to his plea, appellant filed a written and sworn request that he be permitted to waive his trial by…