Legal Opinion

Caldwell v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided May 9, 1931No. A-7853Published

1Per curiam

An examination of the record discloses that the state offered no witness who claimed to have seen defendant with the whisky, or to having seen him transport it, nor does the evidence of the state show any definite evidence of the whisky being transported from one place to another.

Under the rule announced in Smith v. State, 34 Okla. Cr. 293, 246 Pac. 261; Brown v. State, 18 Okla. Cr. 509, 196 Pac. 967; Aycock v. State, 32 Okla. Cr. 302, 240 Pac. 1081; Jones v. State, 39 Okla. Cr. 195, 264 Pac. 638; and Slayton v. State, 45 Okla. Cr. 283, 283 Pac. 258 — the evidence of the state was wholly…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1921
  2. Aycock v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1925
  3. Southworth v. HuffakerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1926
  4. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1928
  5. Slayton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1929

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