Opinion
No. A-7997.
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, Pottawatomie County; Hal Johnson, Judge.
Edward Taylor was convicted of forgery in the first degree, and he appeals. Affirmed.
Bishop Short, for plaintiff in error.
J. Berry King, Atty. Gen., for the State.
The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted of forgery in the first degree, and was sentenced to serve seven years in the state penitentiary.
The case was tried in April, 1930, and the appeal lodged in this court in October, 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.