Smithey v. State
This text of 1931 OK CR 191 (Smithey v. State) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree and was sentenced to serve three years in the state penitentiary.
The case was tried in January, 1930, and the appeal lodged in this court in June, 1930. No briefs in support of the appeal have been filed, nor was there any appearance for oral argument at the time the case was submitted.
Where an appeal is prosecuted to this court, and no brief in support of the petition in error is filed, and no appearance for oral argument made, this court will examine the record for jurisdictional errors and will read the evidence to ascertain if it reasonably supports the judgment, and, if no fundamental error is apparent and the evidence is sufficient, the case will be affirmed.
The case is affirmed.
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1931 OK CR 191, 298 P. 307, 50 Okla. Crim. 383, 1931 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 180, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/smithey-v-state-oklacrimapp-1931.