State v. Scharbrough

On November 8, 1965, the defendant, having previously been found guilty of the crime of assault and robbery, being armed with a dangerous weapon (case No. C-44911), was sentenced by the court to imprisonment in the Oregon State Penitentiary for an indeterminate period of time, the minimum term of which was fixed at 25 years. On November 16, 1965, Deputy District Attorney Hampton, who prosecuted this case, and the defendant, accompanied by his counsel, Mr. Oscar Howlett, an experienced criminal lawyer, appeared before the Honorable Alfred T. Sulmonetti, the judge who presided over the trial,…