Jarrett v State

Jarrett v State
1942 OK CR 48
124 P.2d 267
74 Okl.Cr. 143
Decided: 03/25/1942
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Buster Jarrett was convicted of an offense, and he attempts to appeal. Attempted appeal dismissed.

Buster Jarrett, in pro. per.

Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., for the State.

PER CURIAM. The defendant, Buster Jarrett, was presumably tried and convicted in the district court of Osage county. After his conviction, he wrote a letter to the clerk of this court on April 4, 1940, asking that he be allowed to file his case-made without costs, and that he be furnished a case-made at the expense of Osage county. Upon receipt of this letter the clerk was directed by the presiding judge to file the same. The only further action taken was the writing of a letter by defendant, who is now confined in the State Penitentiary at McAlester, on October 9, 1940, enclosing a copy of a letter from Judge James T. Shipman, district judge. This letter is as follows:

"Bartlesville, Oklahoma

"May 21, 1940.

"Mr. Buster Jarrett, #14022,

"State Penitentiary,

"McAlester, Oklahoma.

"Dear Sir:

"No motion for new trial was filed in your case, no notice of appeal was given at the time, no exceptions were saved to the judgment and sentence of the court, no one was here to present your 'Notarized Pauper's Oath.' For these reasons, the court did not think it wise to have case made prepared and charged to the county, inasmuch as it could not be used in effective appeal.

"Yours truly,

"(Signed) James T. Shipman,

"District Judge."

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