Bow v. State

JONES, Judge.

The defendant, George Stuart Bow, was convicted in the District Court of Oklahoma County for the crime of robbery with firearms after having been formerly convicted of a felony, and pursuant to the verdict of the jury, was sentenced to serve 99 years in the penitentiary.

Two propositions are presented by the appeal: (1) The trial court erred in admitting evidence of former convictions where the charge is robbery with firearms, a capital case, because the habitual • criminal statute authorizing increased punishment for subsequent convictions may not be used in capital felonies…