Choate v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Garvin County R. McMillan, Judge. J. H. Choate was convicted of embezzlement, and brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtBrett, J.
The defendant (plaintiff in error) in this case is a full-blood Indian, and was appointed guardian of his minor children, and was subsequently prosecuted, and convicted of embezzling $1,463.82 belonging to the estate of Phelix N. Choate, one of his wards.(1) The defendant did not go upon the witness stand in this trial, and complains that he was convicted solely upon admissions made by him in the county court, at a hearing in the guardianship matter of Phelix N. Choate and. others, and that there was no evidence offered by the state to prove the corpus delicti before these admissions were…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Ashby v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1911
- People v. JonesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1898
- Scribner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
- People v. SimonsenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
- People v. FreyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1913
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Osborn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1948
- Robinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1940
- Gorum v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1936
- Simmons v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1951
- State v. BlackIdaho Supreme Court · 1922
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