McGivens v State

McGivens v State
1925 OK CR 152
234 P. 218
29 Okl.Cr. 411
Decided: 03/19/1925
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Appeal from District Court, Noble County; Claude Duval, Judge.

Frank McGivens was convicted of stealing a Ford car, and he appeals. Appeal dismissed and remanded.

H.A. Johnson, for plaintiff in error.

The Attorney General, for the State.

PER CURIAM. In the information in this case Frank McGivens was charged with the theft of one Ford automobile,

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touring car, the personal property of Dave Petit of the value of $400, alleged to have been committed November 2, 1921. On the trial the jury returned a verdict, finding the defendant guilty and fixing his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of five years. From the judgment rendered on the verdict, May 28, 1923, an appeal was taken by filing in this court on October 25, 1923, petition in error with case-made. No supersedeas bond was given pending his appeal, and plaintiff in error was committed to the penitentiary.

When the case was called for final submission, it was submitted on the record and 10 days allowed to file brief. March 16, 1925, counsel for plaintiff in error filed motion to dismiss the appeal as follows: