FIELDS v. STATE

No. A-12548.

322 P.2d 431 (1958)

Elmer Dean FIELDS, Plaintiff in Error, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, Defendant in Error.

Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma.

February 26, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Tillman, Fred A. Tillman, Pawhuska, for plaintiff in error.

Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., Lewis A. Wallace, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.


POWELL, Judge.

Elmer Dean Fields, plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged by information in the district court of Washington County with the crime of murder (21 O.S. 1951 § 701). He was tried before a jury that the county attorney did not qualify to assess the extreme penalty. The jury found defendant guilty of the included offense of manslaughter in the first degree (21 O.S. 1951 §...

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