Bowen v. State

BUSSEY, Presiding Judge:

Lewis Aaron Bowen, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried and convicted in the District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, for the offense of Carrying a Firearm, After Former Conviction of a Felony; his punishment was fixed at nine (9) years imprisonment, and from said judgment and sentence, a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

At the trial, Timothy Dailey testified that he was employed by the Oklahoma Tire and Supply Store on East Second Street in Tulsa. On February 26, 1971, the defendant came to the store and purchased a .25 caliber…