In re Davis

In re Davis
1916 OK CR 107
156 P. 1199
12 Okl.Cr. 609
Case Number: No. A-2562
Decided: 03/28/1916
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Application of John Davis for reduction of bail.

Woodson E. Norvell and T.L. Brown, attorneys for petitioner.

R. McMillan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

PER CURIAM. Petitioner, John Davis, is confined in the county jail of Rogers county, on a charge of murder.

Bail has heretofore been fixed by the court at seven thousand five hundred ($7,500.00) dollars. The case has been tried twice since. Both trials resulted in the failure of the jury to reach a verdict. It is made to appear that in one of the trials the jury failed to agree as to the guilt of the accused, that is, as to whether he was guilty of murder or manslaughter, and that in the other the jury failed to agree as to the guilt of the accused of any crime. It further appears that the petitioner is in poor health, and has been confied in jail a long time, and that he can give bail in the sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars, but that

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he is unable to give bail in the sum of seven thousand five hundred ($7,500.00) dollars. The attorney general recommends that the bail be fixed at five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars.