Webb v State

Webb v State
1941 OK CR 113
116 P.2d 212
72 Okl.Cr. 346
Decided: 08/13/1941
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

(Syllabus.)

1. Appeal and Error-Affirmance Where no Brief Filed. Under the rules of this court, where no brief is filed, the court will examine the record and in the absence of fundamental error, conviction will be affirmed.

2. Intoxicating Liquors--Judgment and Sentence for Unlawful Possession Reduced From $250 Fine and Four Months in Jail to $250 Fine and 30 Days in Jail. Record examined and judgment and sentence of $250 fine and four months in jail, modified to $250 fine and 30 days in jail.

Appeal from County Court, Garfield County; Paul Edwards, Judge.

Susie Webb was convicted of the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, and she appeals. Judgment modified and, as modified, affirmed.

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Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., and Hugh Conway, Co. Atty., of Enid, for the State.

Harry C. Kirkendall, of Enid, for defendant.

BAREFOOT, P. J. Defendant, Susie Webb, was charged in the county court of Garfield county with the unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor, to wit, eight pints of whisky and four half-pints of alcohol; was tried, convicted and sentenced by the court to pay a fine of $250 and serve four months in the county jail.

The appeal in this case was filed in this court on the 3rd day of June, 1940. No brief has been filed by the defendant in support of the errors assigned, and no oral argument presented. Under the rules of the court, we have examined the record and have read the evidence; have examined the information and instructions of the court. We have found no fundamental error in the trial. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and left the punishment to the court, and the defendant was assessed a fine of $250 and four months in the county jail.