State v. Stroemple

Chester Skiba, Jack Stroemple and Frank Earnest were sentenced to thirty years' imprisonment for the armed robbery of the Peoples Bank of Hawk Point on August 11, 1943. Upon this appeal Skiba and Stroemple contend that they had theretofore been tried for the same offense, that the present trial and conviction again put them in jeopardy for the same offense; consequently they are entitled to be discharged. Const. [914] U.S., Amend. V; Const. Mo., Art. I, Sec. 19; Mo. R.S.A., Secs. 4846, 4847, 4848. They further contend, if not entitled to be discharged, that they are entitled to a new trial…