Hinchee v State

Hinchee v State
1920 OK CR 115
210 P. 295
22 Okl.Cr. 157
Decided: 05/29/1920
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

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Appeal from District Court, Tulsa County; N.E. McNeill, Judge.

I.M. Hinchee was convicted of the crime of forgery, and sentenced to serve a term of one year in the state penitentiary, and she appeals. Affirmed.

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PER CURIAM. Plaintiff in error was convicted of the crime of forgery, and her punishment fixed as above stated. This appeal has been pending in this court since October 26, 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 (12 Okla. Cr. viii, 165 Pac. x) of this court 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."