Jarrard v. State

Defendant, Floyd Kent Jarrard, was charged jointly with Roy Roberts and Turner Ruben Ellis in Muskogee county with the crime of rape in the first degree; was granted a severance, tried and convicted, and received a sentence of fifteen years in the State Penitentiary, and has appealed.

This is a companion case of that of Roberts v. State, 87 Okla. Cr. 93, 194 P. 2d 219; also the case of Ellis v. State, 87 Okla. Cr. 108, 194 P. 2d 229.

Each of these three defendants demanded a severance, which was granted. Roy Roberts was first tried and convicted, and the case against Turner Reuben Ellis was…