Case ID: p2d_264/html/0386-01.html
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Author: {"author": "JONES, Judge.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Charles A. LITTON, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE of Oklahoma, Defendant in Error.
    No. A-11849.
    Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma.
    Nov. 25, 1953.
    Dudley, Duvall & Dudley, Oklahoma City, for plaintiff in error.
    Mac Q.' Williamson, Atty. Gen., Sam H. Lattimore, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.
   JONES, Judge.

This is a companion case to Hisel v. State of Oklahoma, Okl.Cr., 264 P.2d 375. A complete statement of the facts is set forth in the Hisel case and reference may be had to that opinion. Hisel and Litton were jointly charged. Litton’s guilt consisted solely in the fact that as county commissioner, he voted for approval of the claims filed by the Metropolitan Paving Company. There was no claim and no evidence that Litton personally had anything to do with the ordering of the repairs for the Sooner Road or had any personal knowledge of the amount involved.

Since we have held in Hisel v. State, supra, that the evidence of the State was wholly insufficient to support the allegations of the information and we are reversing the case as to Hisel, it necessarily follows that the same order would be made for the defendant Litton.

The judgment of the District Court of Oklahoma County as to the defendant Charles A. Litton is reversed.

POWELL, P. J., and BRETT, J., concur.