Shustrom v. State

The appellant was indicted for murder. The indictment was in four counts. The first two counts charged murder in the first degree by strangulation. The remaining counts are not in the record. The appellant appeared in person and by attorney and entered a plea of guilty to the first two counts of the indictment. The third and fourth counts were then dismissed. Immediately following the dismissal the record recites:

“This cause is now presented to the Court for hearing and the State presents its facts to the Court and rests. The defendant now moves that the further hearing of this cause be…