Tingley v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from District Court, Caddo County; Will Linn, Judge. Jake Ting-ley was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, his punishment fixed at seven years’ imprisonment in the state penitentiary, and he appeals. Affirmed.
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Appeal from District Court, Caddo County; Will Linn, Judge. Jake Ting-ley was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, his punishment fixed at seven years’ imprisonment in the state penitentiary, and he appeals. Affirmed. This is an appeal from the district court of Caddo county, wherein the defendant, Jake Tingley, was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to serve a term of seven years’ imprisonment in the state penitentiary for the killing of one W. H. Overholser. The killing occurred in the city of Anadarko, Caddo county, on the evening of the 21st day of…
1Opinion of the CourtMatson, J.
(after stating the facts as above). It is contended that the defendant was prejudiced by the ad mission of certain incompetent and irrelevant evidence on the part of the state, over the objection and exception of the defendant, in rebuttal. After the defendant had rested! his case, the state in rebuttal, over objection and exception, introduced witnesses who testified that the defendant, for some time prior to the commission- of the homicide and up until the time of its commission, had been frequently seen in the company of one Nell Martin, an immoral woman; that defendant paid her meat…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Shires v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
- Dickinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
- Harvey v. Territory of OklahomaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1901
- Cochran and Blevins v. United StatesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1904
3Cited by27 opinions
- Winfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1920
- Sweet v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1940
- Steeley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1920
- Coffey v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
- Tapedo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1926
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