Earle v. State

CONSOLIDATED MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRETT, Presiding Judge.

The above two appeals are herewith consolidated in this opinion of the Court.

On December 20, 1968, plaintiffs in error, Steven Michael Earle and Timothy M. Wise, were arrested by two Rogers County Deputy Sheriffs, Oscar Stannaford, Jr., and Art Griffith. Plaintiffs in error will hereafter be referred to as defendants, as they appeared in the trial court.

*322Defendants were traveling from California to Washington, D. C, and while they were in the Howard Johnson Restaurant on the Interstate Highway near Claremore, Oklahoma, they were arrested by…