Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma, 1931

Griffin v. State

Griffin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · Decided January 10, 1931 · Edwards, Davenport, Chappell
295 P. 229; 49 Okla. Crim. 415; 1931 OK CR 17; 1931 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 14

Griffin v. State

Opinion of the Court

EDWARDS, P. J.

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted of robbery and was sentenced to serve 20 years in the penitentiary.

*416 The case was tried in March, 1929, and the appeal was lodged in this court September, 1929. No briefs in support of the appeal have been filed, nor was there any appearance for oral argument at the time the case was submitted.

Where an appeal is brought to this court upon conviction for a felony, and no briefs are filed, and no appearance for oral argument made when the case was set for submission, this court will examine the record for jurisdictional or fundamental errors, and if none appear, and the evidence supports the judgment, it will be affirmed.

The case is affirmed.

DAVENPORT and CHAPPELL, JJā€ž concur.

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