JOHNSON v. STATE

No. A-11390.

94 Okla. Cr. 33 (1951)

229 P.2d 900

JOHNSON v. STATE.

Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma.

April 4, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.N. Redwine, O.H. Whitt, McAlester, for plaintiff in error.

Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., and Sam H. Lattimore, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.


POWELL, J.

Viola Johnson was charged by information filed in the district court of Pittsburg county with the crime of murder, was tried before a jury and found guilty of the included crime of manslaughter in the first degree, and punishment was fixed at imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term of five years. At trial defendant, a colored woman, was represented by two attorneys of her own choosing. Appeal has been duly perfected to this court, the record being...

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