Legal Opinion

James v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided January 26, 1918No. A-2678PublishedCited by 11 opinions

' Appeal from District Court, Wagoner County; R. P. de Graffenried, Judge. S. T. James was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and he appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtDoyle, P. J.

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant, was tried in the court below upon an information charging that in Wagonér county, on or about the 26th day of May, 1915, S. T. James, the defendant, did kill and murder one Lee Roberts, by shooting him with a pistol. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter in the first degree, but failed to fix the punishment. By the judgment of the court he was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of 12 years, and he has appealed from the judgment.

Counsel for the defendant contend that the evidence did not warrant a…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. Roberts v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1946
  2. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1946
  3. Welborn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1940
  4. Carle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1926
  5. Ray v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1948

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