Legal Opinion

Ellis v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided January 18, 1913No. A-1339PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from Superior Court, Pottawatomie County; George C. Abernathy, Judge. Pat Ellis was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree, and appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtFurman, J.

First. It is the duty of counsel for an appellant in preparing a case-made or transcript of the record to at tach to it an index of all it contains, and this index should contain the name of each witness and the page upon- which his testimony will be found. This was not done in the case now before us, and has caused a great waste of time to the court in preparing the opinion. It is also the duty of counsel for an appellant in preparing their briefs to cite the page of the transcript of the record upon which they rely to support their assignments of error. This was not done in the brief now…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Gillespie v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
  2. Vaughan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State v. JacksonWashington Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Stephen S. Kelley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
  3. Diblee v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1931
  4. Towery v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1917
  5. Langley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1932

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