Dickson v State

Dickson v State
1934 OK CR 89
34 P.2d 607
56 Okl.Cr. 84
Decided: 06/28/1934
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Appeal from District Court, McCurtain County; Geo. T. Arnett, Judge.

John Dickson was convicted of larceny of an automobile, and he appeals. Judgment modified, and, as modified, affirmed.

Finney & Cook and C.D. Wilkinson, for plaintiff in error.

J. Berry King, Atty. Gen., and Smith C. Matson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

PER CURIAM. Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of McCurtain county of larceny of an automobile, and sentenced to serve a term of 15 years in the state penitentiary. The

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principal contention made is that under the record the punishment assessed is excessive and that justice requires a modification.