State v. Hanlen

The defendant was charged with the crime of grand larceny by information alleging the ofíense to have been committed the 13th day of May, 1935. On December 2, 1935, he pleaded guilty to the charge. He made a motion in arrest of judgment on the ground that, since Rem. Rev. Stat., § 2281 [P. C. § 8716], (Laws of 1909, chapter 249, § 29, p. 897) providing for indeterminate sentences, was specifically repealed by § 9, chapter 114, Laws of 1935, p. 319, and since §2, p. 309 (Rem. Rev. Stat. (Sup.), § 10249-2 [P. C. § 4503-32]), of the latter act is ex post facto with respect to the crime charged…