Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma, 1929

Merriweather v. State

Merriweather v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · Decided August 10, 1929 · Edwards, Chappell, Davenport
279 P. 976; 44 Okla. Crim. 136; 1929 OK CR 321; 1929 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 46

Merriweather v. State

Opinion of the Court

EDWARDS, P. J.

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court. of McIntosh county of a second and subsequent violation of the prohibitory liquor law, and was sentenced to serve a term of six months in the state penitentiary and to pay a fine of $50.

The case was tried in December, 1926, and the appeal was lodged in this court in May, 1927. No briefs in support of the appeal have been filed.

Where an appeal is prosecuted to this court upon a. conviction for a felony, and no briefs in support are filed, this court will not search for some error upon which to predicate a reversal, but will examine the record for jurisdictional or fundamental errors, and, if none appear, *137 and the evidence reasonably supports the verdict, the judgment will be affirmed. We have examined the record and find no jurisdictional or fundamental error. The evidence sustains the verdict.

The case is affirmed.

CHAPPELL, J., concurs. DAVENPORT, J., absent, not participating.

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