Woods v. State

NIX, Judge:

Plaintiff in Error, William Gene Woods,, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged in the District Court of Oklahoma County with the crime of Unauthorized Use-of a Motor Vehicle, After Former Conviction of a Felony. He was tried by a jury, found guilty, and his punishment assessed at Five Years in the penitentiary. From this, judgment and sentence he has appealed to. this Court.

Briefly, the facts of this case are that the defendant was caught driving a car which had been reported stolen from a used car lot. Defendant told the police officer that arrested him his uncle, who…