Frazier v. State

NIX, Judge:

Plaintiff in error, Maurice D. Frazier, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was convicted by jury verdict with the crime of Possession of Marihuana (63 O.S., § 452) with punishment fixed at One (1) Year imprisonment. Judgment and sentence was imposed on January 31, 1969, in accord with the verdict and this appeal perfected therefrom.

The evidence established that A. C. Blair, a white man, lived in the ground level apartment of a duplex dwelling; and defendant, a negro, had recently moved into the second floor apartment of the dwelling. On May 26, 1967, at approximately 5:30 P.M.,…