Crosswhite v. State

BRETT, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff in error, James L. Crosswhite, defendant below, was charged by information in the District Court of McCurtain County, Oklahoma, with the crime of assault with a dangerous weapon by means of a .38 cal. Smith & Wesson pistol, with intent to kill, 21 O.S.Supp.1955, § 652, by shooting Russell Pennington in the shoulder resulting in permanent paralysis in his lower extremities. He was tried by a jury, convicted, and his punishment fixed at fifteen years confinement in the state penitentiary. Judgment and sentence were entered accordingly, from which this appeal has…