Taylor v State

Taylor v State
1931 OK CR 190
298 P. 307
50 Okl.Cr. 382
Decided: 04/18/1931
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

(Syllabus.)

Appeal and Error Affirmance in Absence of Brief or Oral Argument.

Appeal from District Court, Pottawatomie County; Hal Johnson, Judge.

Edward Taylor was convicted of forgery in the first degree, and he appeals. Affirmed.

Bishop & Short, for plaintiff in error.

J. Berry King, Atty. Gen., for the State.

DAVENPORT, P.J. The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted of forgery in the first degree, and was sentenced to serve seven years in the state penitentiary.

The case was tried in April, 1930, and the appeal lodged in this court in October, 1930. 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 prosecuted to this court and no brief in support of the petition in error is filed and no appearance for oral argument made, this court will examine the record for jurisdictional errors and will read the evidence to ascertain if it reasonably supports the judgment, and if no fundamental error is apparent and the evidence is sufficient, the case will be affirmed.