Lane v. State

BUSSEY, Judge:

The appellant, Jimmie D. Lane, was tried and convicted in the District Court of Lincoln County of Confidence Game, pursuant to 21 O.S.1981 §§ 1541.1, 1541.2, Case No. CRF-84-29, and was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment and fined five thousand dollars ($5,000.00).

In March, 1983, Jimmie D. Lane, the appellant, a dealer in oil field equipment, informed his father-in-law, Frank Reedy, he had a profitable investment for him. He related that he knew of an individual in Texas, Jim “Junior” Norris, who was going into bankruptcy and was selling a certain brand of oil well pumps he…