Shawan v. State

The defendant, Joe Shawan, was charged in the district court of Oklahoma county with the crime of robbery with firearms; was tried, convicted, and sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary, and has appealed.

At the request of the defendant, the Honorable Charles W. Moss, public defender of Oklahoma county, was appointed to represent the defendant at the trial of said case and he has appeared before this court and argued the cause on behalf of the defendant.

There is only one assignment of error that is necessary for us to consider and that is the contention that…