Karlin v. State

OPINION

BRETT, Presiding Judge :

Appellant, Steve Karlin, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was charged with John Anthony Salinas in the District Court of Payne County with the crime of Conjoint Robbery by Force and Fear. He was tried by a jury, found guilty, and his punishment was fixed at a term of six years in the penitentiary. From that judgment a timely appeal has been made to this court.

On October 22, 1974, at approximately 7 p.m., defendant went to Shorty’s, a bar also known as the 177 Club, in Cushing, Oklahoma. There he encountered an acquaintance, the co-defendant Salinas, a…