In re Opinion of the Judges v Wigger

In re Opinion of the Judges v Wigger
1928 OK CR 46
263 P. 1112
39 Okl.Cr. 114
Decided: 01/31/1928
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

See, also, 39 Okla. Cr. 108, 263 P. 1112.

To His Excellency, the Governor of the State of Oklahoma: The judges of the Criminal Court of Appeals, responding to your official communication as Governor of Oklahoma to this court, which presents for consideration a certified copy of the record of the trial and conviction of Walter Wigger. Section 2786, Comp. St. 1921. The certified record discloses that on January 10, 1927, in the district court of Ottawa county, the said Walter Wigger was sentenced to death in accordance with the verdict of the jury returned in that court finding him guilty of murder. The record further discloses that no appeal from said judgment and sentence has been taken and the time for appeal has expired. The question submitted to this court then is: Has there been an observation of all the formalities of law essential to the taking of human life?