Walker v State

Walker v State
1931 OK CR 218
1 P.2d 835
51 Okl.Cr. 348
Decided: 05/09/1931
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

(Syllabus.)

Appeal and Error Affirmance in Absence of Brief or Oral Argument.

Appeal from District Court, Pontotoc County; Orel Busby, Judge.

W.J. (Whitey) Walker was convicted of robbery with firearms, and he appeals. Affirmed.

J.W. Bolen and John P. Crawford, for plaintiff in error.

J. Berry King, Atty. Gen., for the State.

EDWARDS, J. The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Pontotoc county of robbery with firearms, and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

The case was tried in December, 1929, and the appeal was lodged in this court in June, 1929. No briefs in support of the appeal have been filed, nor was there

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any appearance for oral argument at the time the case was submitted.

The record discloses that the defendant with firearms held up and robbed the First National Bank of Allen, Pontotoc county, obtaining more than $2,000. The evidence amply sustains the verdict and judgment. Examination of the record discloses no jurisdictional nor fundamental error. The defendant did not take the stand and offered no evidence to rebut identification by state witnesses.