Turner v. State

This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment of conviction of burglary in the first degree, and his punishment fixed at twenty-five years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment was returned on the 8th day of September 1955. It contained two counts. One for burglary in the first degree, and the other undertook to charge grand larceny but was defective and eliminated on defendant’s plea in abatement.

On September 13, 1955 defendant was duly arraigned and pleaded not guilty, having been represented by counsel. The court set the trial down for September 19, 1955, and ordered a special…