Fields v State

Fields v State
1920 OK CR 72
194 P. 249
18 Okl.Cr. 713
Decided: 04/10/1920
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Appeal from District Court, Okmulgee County; Ernest B. Hughes, Judge.

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Joe Fields was convicted of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to serve a term of four years in the state penitentiary, and he appeals. Affirmed.

PER CURIAM. Joe Fields was convicted of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree, and his punishment fixed as above stated.

This appeal has been pending in this court since the 30th day of April, 1918. No brief has been filed in behalf of plaintiff in error, and no appearance was made to orally argue the cause at the time same was submitted.

Rule 9 of this court (12 Okla. Cr. viii, 165 Pac. x) provides:

"When no counsel appears, and no briefs are filed, the court will examine the pleadings, the instructions of the court, and the exceptions taken thereto, and the judgment and sentence, and, if no prejudicial error appears, will affirm the judgment."