Jones v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

The appellant, Riley Mitchell Jones, was convicted of the crime of Transporting a Loaded Firearm in a Vehicle After Former Conviction of a Felony in the District Court of Tulsa County in Case No. CRF-84-2336 and was sentenced to seven (7) years imprisonment, and he appeals.

Briefly stated the facts are that on May 26,1984, appellant evaded a driver’s license checkpoint established by Officer Blue by pulling around the line of traffic onto the shoulder and turning onto an adjacent street. When Officer Blue observed that appellant was not going to stop, he pursued appellant,…