Pate v. State

JOHNSON, Judge.

On May 28, 1964 there was filed in this Court a petition in error, with casemade attached, attempting to appeal from an order of the district court of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma fixing the date for the execution of the death sentence heretofore returned against the plaintiff in error (hereinafter referred to’ as the defendant). The date fixed was June 17, 1964.

The Attorney General filed a motion to dismiss the appeal; the matter was assigned for hearing for June 3, 1964 and the defendant filed a brief herein on that date. The Court had the benefit of able argument by counsel…