Dixon v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was jointly indicted with his brother, John Dixon, and charged with the murder of one Francis Pearce, alleged to have occurred on the 25th day of March, 1926. Roy Dixon was convicted and sentenced to serve a term of four years in the state penitentiary. This is a companion case to that of Dixon v. State (No. A-6830) 45 Okla. Cr. 218, 282 Pac. 686, in which case the codefendant, John Dixon, had been previously convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a term of seven years in the penitentiary. This conviction was affirmed by this court on…