Warwick v. State
Warwick v. State
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
At the November term, 1910, of the circuit' court of Forrest county, appellant entered a plea of guilty to an indictment charging her with vagrancy. The court entered an order suspending sentence during the good behavior of defendant, upon the payment of all costs. At the April term, 1911, the court entered the following judgment: “Comes the district attorney, who prosecutes for the state, and it appearing to the court that the defendant entered a plea of guilty to said charge at the November term, 1910, and the sentence was suspended during good behavior upon the payment of costs, and it
The court had no power to enter this judgment. The first clause of section 5058 of the Code of 1906 prescribes the only judgment within the power of the court to render. There was no conviction for a second offense, and therefore sections 5059 and 5061 do not apply.
Reversed and remanded.
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