Legal Opinion
Phillips v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided January 29, 1958No. A-12556PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POWELL, Judge.
Charles Harold Phillips was indicted by a grand jury of Tulsa County, and charged with the larceny of an automobile; was tried in the district court before a jury, and convicted, but the jury being unable to agree upon the penalty, left that to the court with recommendation of leniency. The court assessed the punishment at a term of five years in the state penitentiary at Mc-Alester. Prior to 1945 that was the minimum penalty, but the 1945 legislature changed the minimum penalty to three years, with the maximum of twenty years. 21 O.S.A. § 1720.
For reversal but one proposition…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Traxler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1952
- Rose Powers, as Administratrix of the Goods, Chattels, and Credits of Edward J. Powers, Deceased v. The New York Central Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- Tillman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1946
- Huffman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1923
- Sholes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1953
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3Cited by5 opinions
- McElmurry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2002
- Miller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1977
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1969
- Barnes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1963
- Berry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1958