Hall v. State

OPINION

Howard Eugene Hall, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged in the District Court of Jackson County, Oklahoma, with the offense of Indecent Telephone Conversation, and was later tried, found guilty and convicted by a jury. His punishment was fixed at one hundred fifty (150) days in the county jail, and from said judgment and sentence, a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

The State’s evidence, in substance, was that shortly after 9:00 A.M. on December 17, 1971, a telephone call was made to the prosecuting witness, Mrs. Bates, which was lewd and obscene. Two other…