Lewellyn v. State

BUSSEY, Presiding Judge.

John Bennett Lewellyn, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried, and convicted in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma for the offense of Possession of Marihuana; punishment was fixed at seven (7) years imprisonment, and a fine of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), and from said judgment and sentence, a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

Briefly stated, the evidence at the trial adduced that at approximately 6:00 o’clock p. m., on May 27, 1970, Deputy Larkin Lamb, accompanied by three other deputy sheriffs and two police officers,…