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Smithey v. State

Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma
Apr 18, 1931
298 P. 307 (Okla. Crim. App. 1931)

Opinion

No. A-7875.

Opinion Filed April 18, 1931.

(Syllabus.)

Appeal and Error — Affirmance in Absence of Brief or Oral Argument. Where no brief is filed in support of an appeal, and no appearance for oral argument made, and examination of the record discloses no jurisdictional or fundamental error, the case will be affirmed.

Appeal from District Court, Seminole County; W. J. Crump, Judge.

O. A. Smithey was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree, and he appeals. Affirmed.

Billingsley Stanley, for plaintiff in error.

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


The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree and was sentenced to serve three years in the state penitentiary.

The case was tried in January, 1930, and the appeal lodged in this court in June, 1930. No briefs in support of the appeal have been filed, nor was there any appearance for oral argument at the time the case was submitted.

Where an appeal is prosecuted to this court, and no brief in support of the petition in error is filed, and no appearance for oral argument made, this court will examine the record for jurisdictional errors and will read the evidence to ascertain if it reasonably supports the judgment, and, if no fundamental error is apparent and the evidence is sufficient, the case will be affirmed.

The case is affirmed.

CHAPPELL and EDWARDS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Smithey v. State

Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma
Apr 18, 1931
298 P. 307 (Okla. Crim. App. 1931)
Case details for

Smithey v. State

Case Details

Full title:O. A. SMITHEY v. STATE

Court:Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma

Date published: Apr 18, 1931

Citations

298 P. 307 (Okla. Crim. App. 1931)
298 P. 307