Stallings v. State

This is an appeal by Phillip Stallings, plaintiff in error, defendant below. The defendant was charged by information in the District Court of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, with the crime of selling intoxicating liquor to a minor on or about October 4, 1958, in violation of 37 O.S. 1951 § 5. Defendant pled not guilty to the charge, was tried by a jury, and convicted. The jury, being unable to agree on the penalty, left the determination thereof to the court, which sentenced him to a term of eight months in the state penitentiary and a fine of $750, an entered judgment and sentence…