State v. Anderson

— Appellant was charged by information with the crime of arson in the second degree, tried to a jury which found him guilty, and from a judgment and sentence on the verdict, he has appealed.

Two others were charged with the same offense in the same information with him. One pleaded guilty when arraigned. Appellant and his remaining co-defendant pleaded not guilty.

Upon the calling of the case for trial, and before a jury was impaneled, the prosecuting attorney directed the attention of the trial court to the fact that appellant’s co-defendant, one Morgan, desired to change his plea; whereupon…