BEARSHIELD v. STATE

No. A-12510.

318 P.2d 462 (1957)

Sylvester BEARSHIELD, Plaintiff in Error, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, Defendant in Error.

Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma.

November 13, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meacham, Meacham & Meacham, Clinton, for plaintiff in error.

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


NIX, Judge.

Plaintiff in error, Sylvester Bearshield, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged by information in the District Court of Custer County, jointly with one Nathan Ellis, with the crime of murder. A severance was granted and the defendant tried separately to a jury, convicted, and the punishment was fixed at life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. Judgment and sentence were entered accordingly from...

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