Cummings v. State

This appeal is prosecuted from a conviction had in the county court of Tulsa county in which the defendant, Gerald Cummings, was found guilty of the offense of having possession of intoxicating liquor with intent to sell the same. The jury fixed the punishment at a fine of $800 and confinement in the county jail for 60 days.

A number of errors are assigned; the first is as follows : Refusal of the trial court to permit defendant to examine jurors on their voir dire as a basis for an intelligent exercise of his peremptory challenges.

The record shows that the court refused to permit the…