Taylor v. State

Banke, Judge.

The appellant was found guilty on a 3-count indictment charging him first with burglary of the apartment dwelling of John Sanders, second with aggravated assault upon Alice Crawford, and third with burglary of Ms. Crawford’s dwelling with intent to commit rape. The court announced orally that he would be sentenced to serve 18 years for the burglary of Ms. Crawford’s residence and 10 years for the aggravated assault. However, as the result of a mistake innocently induced by the appellant’s trial counsel as to which count of the indictment was which, the court sentenced him in…