Pierce v. State

BRETT, Judge:

Plaintiff in error, Harold Lee Pierce, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged with the murder of Joseph A. Robertson in the District Court of Garvin County, Oklahoma, case number 2908. Defendant was tried before a jury which returned a verdict finding him guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and sentencing him to fifty (50) years imprisonment. Judgment was imposed on May 21, 1958.

In a subsequent proceedings before this Court, our case number A-14,538, this Court allowed defendant to file an appeal out of time under the authority of § 1073 of Title 22, upon a…