Opinion

Newton v. State

  • 453 P.2d 325
  • 1969 OK CR 141
  • 1969 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 445
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Filed
Apr 9, 1969
Status
Published
Author
Bussey
On the bench
Bussey, Brett, Nix
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 22.5%

The opinion

BUSSEY, Judge.

Lloyd Sedric Newton, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried and convicted in the District Court of Oklahoma County, for the crime of Leaving the Scene of an Accident Which Resulted in Injury to a Person Without Stopping and Giving Required Information and Without Rendering Reasonable Assistance to the Injured Person, and his punishment fixed at one year imprisonment in the State Penitentiary at McAlester. From that judgment and sentence he has appealed to this Court.

This cause was lodged in this Court on September 5, 1968. Brief was due to be filed by October 5, 1968; however, no brief was filed, nor an extension of time in which to file a brief requested. Therefore, on January 6, 1969, by order of this Court, the cause was summarily submitted for opinion in accordance with Rules Six and Nine of this Court.

This Court has repeatedly held that where the defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction and no briefs are filed in support of the Petition in Error, this Court will examine the record only for fundamental error. If none appears of record, the judgment will be affirmed. See Brown v. State, Okl.Cr., 424 P.2d 1003 .

This Court has carefully examined the record and reviewed the testimony in the instant case and finds no fundamental error. The record discloses that the defendant was afforded a fair and impartial trial and the evidence was sufficient to support the verdict of the jury. There being no apparent error in the record on appeal, it is the opinion of this Court that the judgment and sentence be affirmed.

BRETT, P. J., and NIX, J., concur.

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