Sexton v State

Sexton v State
1930 OK CR 484
294 P. 652
49 Okl.Cr. 395
Decided: 11/19/1930
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Appeal from the District Court, Craig County; Ad V. Coppedge, Judge.

Jeff D. Sexton was convicted of aiding a felon, and he appeals. Affirmed.

Jess L. Ballard, and E.B. Hunt, for plaintiff in error.

Edwin Dabney, Atty. Gen., and P.K. Morrill, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

EDWARDS, P.J. The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Craig county of aiding a felon, and was sentenced to serve a term of one year in the state penitentiary.

This is a companion case to No. A-7022, McGhee v. State, 49 Okla. Cr. 387, 294 P. 649, just decided. The information in that case is the same as in the instant case. What was there said as to the sufficiency of the information, the statement of facts, and the matters proven are applicable in this case. The evidence on the part of the state in this case is substantially the same as in the McGhee Case. Defendant did not take the stand, and offered no testimony. No explanation is made of his acts, nor his failure to make a record of the proceedings by which the

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custody of White, the fugitive, was obtained. No material error is made to appear.

The case is affirmed.

On Petition for Rehearing.