Pope v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Latimer county of the crime of murder in the killing of one Ellis Atohko, and his punishment fixed by the jury at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for the period of his natural life.

It is not deemed necessary to set out the evidence, because the contention of defendant’s counsel goes to the credibility of the state’s witnesses rather than the weight and sufficiency of the evidence.

It is first contended the trial court erred in refusing to give defendant’s requested instructions on the right of…