Mitchell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Court, Muskogee County; W. J. Sullivan, Special Judge. J. Orlando Mitchell was convicted of perjury, and appeals. Appellant was convicted in the district court of Muskogee county for the offense of perjury, and his punishment was assessed by the jury at confinement - in the penitentiary for the period of ten years.
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Appeal from District Court, Muskogee County; W. J. Sullivan, Special Judge. J. Orlando Mitchell was convicted of perjury, and appeals. Appellant was convicted in the district court of Muskogee county for the offense of perjury, and his punishment was assessed by the jury at confinement - in the penitentiary for the period of ten years. In substance and effect the information in this case charged that appellant had testified falsely in a civil suit pending in the district court of Muskogee county as to the execution of a certain deed to a tract of land described in said deed. The charging part…
1Opinion of the CourtFurman, P. J.
(after stating the facts as above). The first proposition submitted in the brief of counsel for appellant is that the oath administered to the special judge who presided at the trial of this, cause is not in compliance with the Constitution and laws of the United States, which requires all state judges to be sworn to support the Constitution of the United States. Our Constitution is to-the same effect. See Williams’ Const, sec. 315.
The record upon this subject is as follows:
“State of Oklahoma v. J. Orlando Mitchell. No. 649.
“Now on this day comes the state by its attorney, and comes also the…
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