Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma, 1912

Weston v. State

Weston v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · Decided March 7, 1912 · Furman, Armstrong, Doyle
121 P. 791; 7 Okla. Crim. 39; 1912 OK CR 119; 1912 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 58

Weston v. State

Opinion of the Court

FURMAN, P. J.

Judgment wasf rendered against appellant’ on the 10th day of May, 1910, but the transcript of the record was not filed in this court until the 6th day of April, 1911. • Our statute is mandatory that appeals in felony cases must be perfected within six months,after date of the judgment. This appeal was not perfected until nearly eleven months after the judgment was rendered.

We therefore have no discretion, but must dismiss the appeal. See Farmer v. State, 5 Okla. Cr. 151, 114 Pac. 753.

ARMSTRONG and DOYLE, JJ., concur.

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