Lawson v. State

OPINION

BRETT, Judge:

Proscriptions inherent in the laws of this State regarding prosecution of, and punishment for, criminal acts or omissions are designated in Oklahoma’s Penal Code as in Title 21 O.S.1961, § 23, in effect when this trial was had, as follows:

“An act or omission which is made punishable in different ways by different provisions of this Code, or other penal statutes, may be punished under either of such provisions, except that in cases specified in Sections 2805 and 2808, [21 O.S. §§ 51 and 54], the punishments therein prescribed are substituted for those prescribed for a first…