Gilchrist v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Gilchrist v. State

1929 OK CR 389, 281 P. 151, 44 Okla. Crim. 337, 1929 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 114

CourtCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

DecidedSeptember 21, 1929

DocketNo. A-6930.

StatusPublished

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Gilchrist v. State, 1929 OK CR 389, 281 P. 151, 44 Okla. Crim. 337, 1929 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 114 (Okla. Ct. App. 1929).

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Opinion

EDWARDS, P. J.

The plaintiff in error was convicted in the district court of Payne county of manslaughter in the second degree, and his punishment fixed at a fine of $750.

It is shown by affidavit that since the appeal was taken to this court, the plaintiff in error departed this life. Since in a criminal action the purpose of the proceedings is to punish the defendant, the action must necessarily abate upon his death. It is therefore ordered *338 that the proceedings in the above-entitled cause and the judgment rendered therein be abated, and that the district court of Payne county enter its appropriate order to that effect.

DAVENPORT and CHAPPELL, JJ., concur.

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EDWARDS, P. J.

The plaintiff in error was convicted in the district court of Payne county of manslaughter in the second degree, and his punishment fixed at a fine of $750.

It is shown by affidavit that since the appeal was taken to this court, the plaintiff in error departed this life. Since in a criminal action the purpose of the proceedings is to punish the defendant, the action must necessarily abate upon his death. It is therefore ordered *338 that the proceedings in the above-entitled cause and the judgment rendered therein be abated, and that the district court of Payne county enter its appropriate order to that effect.

DAVENPORT and CHAPPELL, JJ., concur.

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1929 OK CR 389, 281 P. 151, 44 Okla. Crim. 337, 1929 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 114, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/gilchrist-v-state-oklacrimapp-1929.