Case Name: WILL ERVIN v. STATE
Court: Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1918-12-07
Citations: 15 Okla. Crim. 311
Docket Number: No. A-3350
Parties: WILL ERVIN v. STATE.
Judges: ARMSTRONG and MATSON, JJ„ concur.
Reporter: Oklahoma Criminal Reports
Volume: 15
Pages: 311–312

Head Matter:
WILL ERVIN v. STATE.
No. A-3350.
Opinion Filed December 7, 1918.
(176 Pac. 255.)
APPEAL AND ERROR — Abatement of Appeal — Death. In a criminal action the purpose of the proceeding being to punish the defendant in person, the action must necessarily abate upon his death.
Appeal from District Court, Pittsburg County; Mark L. Bozarth, Judge.
Will Ervin was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and he appeals.
Ordered that proceedings abate.
Harris & Lackey and W. J. Hulsey, for plaintiff in error.
R. McMillan'Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
DOYLE, P. J.
The plaintiff in error, Will Ervin, was indicted for the murder of one John Davis, and convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to serve a term of 15 years in the penitentiary. An appeal was perfected by filing in this court May 8, 1918, a petition in error with case-made.
Motion to abate by reason of the death of the plaintiff in error is made, and showing that one T. O. Davis has been informed against in the district court of Pittsburg county for. the murder of Will Ervin, plaintiff in error. In a criminal action, the purpose of the proceedings being to punish the defendant in person, the action must necessarily abate upon his death.
It is therefore considered and adjudged that the proceedings in the above-entitled cause, and especially under the judgment therein rendered, have abated, and that the district court of Pittsburg county enter its appropriate order to that effect.
ARMSTRONG and MATSON, JJ" concur.