White v. State

OPINION AND DECISION

BRETT, Judge:

Appellant, James Edward Thomas White, hereafter referred to as defendant, was convicted by a jury in the District Court of Tulsa County on the 9th day of October, 1970, for the crime of first degree manslaughter, and was sentenced to a term of twenty-five years in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. Judgment and sentence was imposed on the 21st day of October, 1970, after defendant’s motion for new trial was overruled.

Prior to the beginning of the trial, but after the jury was selected, an evidentiary hearing was held before the Honorable Robert F. Martin on…