State v. Newland

SWOFFORD, Judge.

Appellant (defendant) was convicted after trial by jury of the offense of Burglary Second Degree and Stealing. The defendant was tried under an amended information charging one prior felony conviction, and accordingly he was sentenced by the court under the Second Offender Act to five years imprisonment on the Burglary charge, and five years on the Stealing charge, to be served concurrently.

On July 19, 1978, the day the jury returned its verdict, the trial court gave defense counsel ten additional days to file his motion for a new trial, or until August 8, 1978. No further…