Hartsell v. State

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NIX, Judge.

Victor M. Hartsell, Sr., who shall hereinafter be referred to as defendant, was charged by information with the crime of Child Abandonment in the District Court of Oklahoma County. He was tried before a jury, who found the defendant guilty and assessed his punishment at ten years in the penitentiary. It is from that judgment and sentence that defendant appeals.

The trial record reflects that only one witness was produced by the State. That was the ex-wife of defendant, Goldie Ann Hartsell, and only one witness for the defendant, and that was defendant himself. The…