SAWYER v. STATE

No. A-11424.

94 Okla. Cr. 412 (1951)

237 P.2d 167

SAWYER v. STATE.

Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma.

October 31, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur L. Cavanagh, Lawton, for plaintiff in error.

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


JONES, J.

The defendant, Charles Sawyer, was charged by an information filed in the district court of Comanche county with the crime of murder; was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree; and pursuant to the verdict of the jury was sentenced to serve 50 years in the State Penitentiary; and has appealed.

Only two assignments of error are presented: First, the verdict is not supported by sufficient competent evidence. Second, the court erred in permitting...

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