# Bowers v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · November 12, 1975 · 542 P.2d 950

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5152195

## Case

- **Full name:** Shane BOWERS v. The STATE of Oklahoma
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
- **Decided:** November 12, 1975
- **Citations:** 542 P.2d 950; 1975 OK CR 217; 1975 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 483
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Brett
- **Judges:** Bliss, Bussey, Brett
- **Cited by:** 3 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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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