Nipps v. State

OPINION

BRETT, Judge:

Appellant, William Hulbert Nipps, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried before a jury in bifurcated proceedings, and convicted of Knowingly Concealing Stolen Property, After Former Conviction of a Felony, in the District Court, Pontotoc County, Case No. CRF-77-9. He was sentenced to a term of twenty-five (25) years under the direction and control of the Department of Corrections of the State of Oklahoma. From said judgment and sentence defendant has perfected this timely appeal.

The evidence adduced at trial showed that the defendant was arrested for…