Mitchell v. State

BRETT, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff in error, Melvin Bernard Mitchell, hereinafter referred to as defendant, is appealing from a conviction in the district court of Oklahoma County, for the crime of Robbery with Firearms for which he was sentenced to serve 7 years in the state penitentiary. Judgment and sentence was imposed in district court case number CRF-69-270 on May 7, 1969, after which the appeal was lodged in this Court.

The defendant has raised two questions (1) the sufficiency of the evidence, and (2) the excessive punishment. This Court held in Williams v. State, Okl.Cr., 373 P.2d 91,…