Park Anderson, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, the State of Oklahoma v. Henry Edward Watt

The appellee, Henry Edward Watt, was tried in the Oklahoma state courts in 1967 for the “Illegal Sale of Marihuana After a Former Conviction of a Felony.” He was found guilty by the jury and also sentenced by the jury. The sentence was for thirty-seven years pursuant to the state habitual criminal act. The record showed that defendant had sold five penny matchboxes of marihuana. At the time the information for this offense was filed, he was in the Oklahoma County Jail on an eighteen-month sentence following a guilty plea to the charge of receiving a stolen credit card.

Appellee’s conviction on…