KNOTT v. STATE

No. A-13990.

432 P.2d 128 (1967)

William Francis KNOTT, Plaintiff in Error, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, Defendant in Error.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

September 20, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Booth, Tulsa, for plaintiff in error.

G.T. Blankenship, Atty. Gen., Charles L. Ownes, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.


BUSSEY, Judge.

William Francis Knott, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was convicted for the crime of Manslaughter in the First Degree, and appeals.

The single assignment of error urged on appeal is that the trial court erred in failing to give defendant's requested instruction relating to exculpatory statements.

As part of the State's case in chief, Officer Tom Yerton testified in part as follows:

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