Lefthand v. State

NIX, Judge.

Plaintiffs in Error, Delano Lefthand and Blyford Bent, hereinafter referred to as defendants, were charged by information in the District Court of Custer County with the crime of Grand Larceny. They were tried by a jury, found guilty, and defendant Bent sentenced to 3 years; and defendant Lefthand sentenced to 1 year in Oklahoma State Penitentiary. They have filed their timely appeal in this Court asserting numerous contentions of error.

Wayne Lahann (the prosecuting witness) was in route to Weatherford, when he stopped in Clinton, parked his car about 10:15 p. m., went into a bar,…