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Cervantez v. State

Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma
Mar 21, 1931
296 P. 1114 (Okla. Crim. App. 1931)

Opinion

No. A-7748.

Opinion Filed March 21, 1931.

Appeal from County Court, Pittsburg County; S. F. Brown, Judge.

N. Cervantez was convicted of having the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, and appeals. Reversed.

Hulsey Hulsey, for plaintiff in error.

J. Berry King, Atty. Gen., for the State.


The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the county court of Pittsburg county on a charge of having the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, to wit, choctaw beer, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and to serve 30 days in the county jail.

The record discloses that defendant, a youth 19 years of age, lived with his aunt. A search of her premises disclosed some 12 gallons of choctaw beer. Under the entire record we are of the opinion that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the verdict and judgment as to this defendant.

The case is reversed.


Summaries of

Cervantez v. State

Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma
Mar 21, 1931
296 P. 1114 (Okla. Crim. App. 1931)
Case details for

Cervantez v. State

Case Details

Full title:N. CERVANTEZ v. STATE

Court:Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma

Date published: Mar 21, 1931

Citations

296 P. 1114 (Okla. Crim. App. 1931)
50 Okla. Crim. 249