Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma, 1965

State ex rel. Bewley v. Graham

State ex rel. Bewley v. Graham
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · Decided January 11, 1965 · Bussey, Conclusion, Johnson, Nix
398 P.2d 862; 1965 OK CR 4; 1965 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 189 (Pacific Reporter, Second Series)

State ex rel. Bewley v. Graham

Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

The plaintiff, R. H. Bewley, was indicted by a grand jury in Tulsa County for conspiring to defraud the State of Oklahoma. He requested and was granted a preliminary hearing in the Court of Common Pleas of Tulsa County on said indictment, and was bound over to the District Court for trial. Subsequent to this, the County Attorney of Tulsa County filed an information against R. H. Bewley and others, charging them with the crime of conspiring to defraud Independent School District No. 1 of Tulsa County, a sub-division of the state of Oklahoma.

This is a companion case to Cunningham v. District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, Okl.Cr., 399 P.2d 57, and that portion of the petition concerning indictment No. 19801 and information No. 19896 in the District Court of Tulsa County, charging R. H. Bewley with conspiring to defraud the State of Oklahoma, and praying for a writ of prohibition, should be and the same is hereby granted, and the District Court of Tulsa County is ordered and directed to refrain from any further proceedings in this case.

NIX, J., concurs. BUSSEY, J., concurs in conclusion.

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