Opinion

Bowers v. State

  • 542 P.2d 950
  • 1975 OK CR 217
  • 1975 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 483
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Filed
Nov 12, 1975
Status
Published
Author
Brett
On the bench
Bliss, Bussey, Brett
Cited by
3 cases

The opinion

BRETT, Presiding Judge

(specially concurring) :

I concur that this conviction should be affirmed, but I am also convinced that any time a jury returns a verdict finding the defendant guilty which recites, “. and assess his punishment at 1 years in the penitentiary to be suspended for and during good behavior,” that the trial court should be required to either suspend the sentence or state reasons why the jury’s assessment is not to be followed.

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