Scott v. State

BRETT, Judge.

Plaintiff in error, Jack Dempsey Scott, defendant below, was charged by information in the Superior Court of Comanche County, Oklahoma, with the crime of unlawful possession of narcotic drugs, to-wit: 5 grains of dilaudid, allegedly committed on September 12, 1954. Defendant was tried by a jury, convicted, and his punishment fixed by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term of five years, and a fine of $800, T. 63, § 401 and § 420, O.S.1951, as amended in 1953. Judgment and sentence was entered accordingly, from which this appeal has been perfected.

Defendant urges that…