Oaks v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Oaks v. State, 100 Miss. 737 (Miss. 1911)
57 So. 1
Smith
Oaks v. State
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
The punishment provided by law for the crime of vagrancy is greater for the second offense than for the first. Appellant was convicted, not of a second, but of a first, offense of this character; but the punishment inflicted upon her was that provided for a second offense.
The judgment of the court below is therefore reversed and the cause remanded for proper sentence.
Reversed and remanded.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Ruth Oaks v. State
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- Published
- Syllabus
- Ceiminal Law. Punishment. Second offense. Where a law provided a greater punishment for a second offense than for a first offense of the same kind; it was error to inflict the punishment provided for the second offense on defendant’s first conviction.