State v. Levine
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was indicted by the grand jury of Hennepin county,charged with the crime of larceny in the first degree, tried in the district court for that county before Jelley, J., and a jury, found guilty of the crime charged in the indictment, -and sentenced to the state prison. From an order denying Ms application to withdraw his plea of guilty of grand larceny in the second degree, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
In August, 1918, defendant was indicted together with Charles Coup-lin and Philip Morgan of the crime of larceny in the first degree, committed on the last day of June previous. He pleaded not guilty. A few days before the date fixed for trial, and on September 22, 1919, he withdrew his former plea and pleaded guilty to larceny in the second degree, the county attorney consenting. He was not sentenced until October 23, 1919. In the meantime Couplin and Morgan had been tried and convicted of larceny in the first degree, this defendant having been called as the chief witness for the state.…
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