Cantrell v. State

Defendant appeals from conviction of (1) armed robbery, and (2) being a habitual criminal, Chapter 22, Public Acts of 1939. Defendant’s guilt of armed robbery *66was admitted. F'or the offense the jury imposed the maximum term of imprisonment, 10 years. At the outset of the trial the Attorney General announced that the defendant was being put on trial in that character. The Clerk of the Criminal Court of Knox County testified without objection, that in addition to the admitted robbery committed in July 1948, the records of the Criminal Court of Knox County showed that defendant had been…