Skaggs v State

Skaggs v State
1947 OK CR 88
184 P.2d 121
84 Okl.Cr. 443
Decided: 08/20/1947
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

(Syllabus.)

1. Appeal and Error-Review-Failure to File Briefs-Affirmed. Where no briefs are filed and no appearance for oral argument made, this court will examine the record and evidence, and if it is sufficient to sustain the verdict, and no fundamental error appears, the judgment will be affirmed.

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2. Intoxicating Liquors-Evidence Sustained Conviction for Driving Automobile on Public Highway While Drunk. In prosecution for driving an automobile on a public highway while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, evidence held sufficient to support judgment of conviction.

Appeal from County Court, Pontotoc County; Moss Wimbish, Judge.

Alma Viola Skaggs was convicted of driving an automobile while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and she appeals. Affirmed.

Wimbish & Wimbish, of Ada, for plaintiff in error.

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

JONES, J. The defendant, Alma Viola Skaggs, was charged in the county court of Pontotoc county, with the offense of driving an automobile on a public highway while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. A jury was waived, the defendant was tried, convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and costs and has appealed.

There have been no briefs filed on the behalf of defendant and no appearance was made on behalf of the defendant at the time the case was set for oral argument.

In Johnson v. State, 70 Okla. Cr. 430, 107 P.2d 365, it is stated:

"Where no briefs are filed and no appearance for oral argument made, this court will examine the record and the evidence, and if it is sufficient to sustain the verdict, and no fundamental error appears, the judgment will be affirmed."