Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma, 1911

Northcutt v. State

Northcutt v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · Decided April 18, 1911 · PER CURIAM.
114 P. 1132; 5 Okla. Crim. 696; 1911 OK CR 216; 1911 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 142

Northcutt v. State

Opinion of the Court

■PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff in 'error was convicted in the county court of Cleveland county on the 22d day of January, 1909, on a charge of disturbing relig.ous worship and has perfected his appeal in this court. On the 9th day of January, 1911, the Attorney General filed a confession of error in this case admitting that the trial court erred in i'ts instruction to the jury on the credibility of the defendant as a witness in his own behalf. The- confession of error is weil taken, and is sustained. The cause is reversed and remanded to the county court of Cleveland county With directions to that court to grant the ■plaintiff in error a new trial.

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