Lewis v. State

BRETT, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff in error, Robert Earl Lewis, defendant below, was charged by information in the District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, with the crime of unlawful possession of narcotics in violation of 63 O.S.1951 § 402. A jury was waived and the case tried to the court. The defendant was found guilty and sentenced to a term of five years in the state penitentiary. 63 O.S.Supp.1953 § 420. Judgment and sentence were entered accordingly, from which this appeal has been perfected.

The evidence disclosed the' defendant was possessed of a considerable quantity of narcotics…