Giddens v. State

BUSSEY, Judge.

Wilma DiBello Giddens, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged by Information in the District Court of Oklahoma County on April 11, 1966, for the crime of Murder. On January 16, 1967, she was tried by a jury and a verdict of guilty of Manslaughter in the First Degree was returned and her punishment fixed at fifteen years in the State Penitentiary. On February 3, 1967, defendant filed “Motion in Arrest of Judgment,” which was overruled and defendant petitioned this Court for “Writ of Mandamus and/or Prohibition.” The motion was denied and sentencing of defendant was set…