Dorsey v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Dorsey v. State

1930 OK CR 183, 287 P. 1115, 47 Okla. Crim. 210, 1930 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 341

CourtCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

DecidedApril 26, 1930

DocketNo. A-7263.

StatusPublished

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Dorsey v. State, 1930 OK CR 183, 287 P. 1115, 47 Okla. Crim. 210, 1930 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 341 (Okla. Ct. App. 1930).

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Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The plaintiffs in error, hereinafter called defendants, were convicted in the county court of McCurtain county of disturbing an assemblage of people met for religious worship. The defendant Leonard Cren-shaw was sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and to serve 6 months in the county jail, and the other defendants were sentenced to pay a fine of $300 each and to serve 60 days in the county jail.

*211 The record discloses that at the time charged the defendants at the village of 'Rockhill disturbed an assemblage which had met for the purpose of conducting a prayer meeting. The jury did not agree on the punishment, and the same was left to the trial court. The defendants were properly convicted and deserve punishment, but the punishment assessed is too severe under all the circumstances and should be modified by reducing the punishment of Leonard Crenshaw to a fine of $50 and 6.0 days in the county jail, and the other defendants at a fine of $100 each and 30 days in the county jail.

As modified, the judgment is ¿ffirmed.

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PER CURIAM.

The plaintiffs in error, hereinafter called defendants, were convicted in the county court of McCurtain county of disturbing an assemblage of people met for religious worship. The defendant Leonard Cren-shaw was sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and to serve 6 months in the county jail, and the other defendants were sentenced to pay a fine of $300 each and to serve 60 days in the county jail.

*211 The record discloses that at the time charged the defendants at the village of 'Rockhill disturbed an assemblage which had met for the purpose of conducting a prayer meeting. The jury did not agree on the punishment, and the same was left to the trial court. The defendants were properly convicted and deserve punishment, but the punishment assessed is too severe under all the circumstances and should be modified by reducing the punishment of Leonard Crenshaw to a fine of $50 and 6.0 days in the county jail, and the other defendants at a fine of $100 each and 30 days in the county jail.

As modified, the judgment is ¿ffirmed.

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1930 OK CR 183, 287 P. 1115, 47 Okla. Crim. 210, 1930 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 341, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/dorsey-v-state-oklacrimapp-1930.