WRIGHT v. STATE

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WRIGHT v. STATE
1951 OK CR 92
233 P.2d 322
94 Okl.Cr. 236
Case Number: A-11358
Decided: 07/03/1951
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

(Syllabus.)

Appeal and Error Sufficiency of Evidence to Sustain Judgment. The jury must determine the facts and its judgment based upon competent evidence will be upheld on appeal.

Appeal from County Court, Kiowa County; Clarence W. Hunter, Judge.

Willis Carl Wright was convicted of driving an automobile on the public highway while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, and he appeals. Affirmed.

Hughes & Hughes, Hobart, for plaintiff in error.

Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.

JONES, J.

The defendant, Willis Carl Wright, was convicted in the county court of Kiowa county of the offense of driving an automobile on the public highway while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and pursuant to the verdict of the jury was sentenced to pay a fine of $10; and has appealed.

No brief has been filed on behalf of the defendant.

We have examined the record and while the testimony conflicted in some particulars, the evidence of the state was fairly conclusive of the defendant's guilt. No fundamental error appearing, the judgment is affirmed.

BRETT, P.J., and POWELL, J., concur.

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