Legal Opinion

Steen v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided November 23, 1910No. A-45PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Appeal from Tulsa County Court; N. J. Gubser, Judge. Walter Steen and A1 C'arr were jointly convicted of selling intoxicating liquor, and they appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

RICHARDSON, Judge.

The information in this case charged plaintiffs in error jointly with a violation of the prohibition law. When the cause came on for trial and after the jury had been empaneled and sworn,' plaintiff in error Walter Steen moved for a separate trial, which motion the court overruled. This ruling is assigned as error. Section 6830 of Snyder’s Comp. Laws provides that, “When two or more defendants are jointly indicted for a felony, any defendant requiring it must be tried separately. In other cases defendants jointly prosecuted may be tried separately or jointly, in the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. State v. ReedSupreme Court of Kansas · 1894
  2. State ex rel. Little v. SpencerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1894
  3. State v. SchnepelMontana Supreme Court · 1900
  4. State v. CookSupreme Court of Kansas · 1883
  5. State v. RenoSupreme Court of Kansas · 1889

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Hughes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912
  2. Leigh v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1926
  3. Stevens v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1954
  4. McCollough v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1961
  5. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1954

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