Case Name: CHARLEY SHERMAN v. STATE
Court: Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1915-09-13
Citations: 12 Okla. Crim. 16
Docket Number: No. A-2083
Parties: CHARLEY SHERMAN v. STATE.
Judges: DOYLE, P. J., concurs; EURMAN, J., absent.
Reporter: Oklahoma Criminal Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 16–16

Head Matter:
CHARLEY SHERMAN v. STATE.
No. A-2083.
Opinion Filed September 13, 1915.
(151 Pac. 486.)
1. APPEAL — Verdict. A verdict of guilty by a jury and judgment imposed accordingly by a trial court cannot be upheld in the Criminal Court of Appeals when the record fails to disclose competent evidence tending reasonably to support such verdict and judgment.
2. APPEAL- — -Discussion of Case. When a discussion of errors assigned can serve no good purpose, this Court will ordinarily decline to review them.
(Syllabus by the Court.
Appeal from District Court, Noble County; Hon. W-. M. Bowles, Judge.
Charley Sherman was convicted of incest, and appeals.
Reversed.
H. A. Johnson, for plaintiff in'error.
R. McMillan, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Opinion:
ARMSTRONG, J.
The plaintiff in error, Charley Sherman, was convicted at the February, 1913, term of the District Court of Noble county on a charge of incest, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of ten years.
The attorney general has filed a confession in error in this cause, based upon the ground that there is no competent evidence in the record upon which to base a judgment of conviction. A careful examination of the record by the court discloses the correctness of the attorney general's position. The confession in error is therefore sustained.
No good purpose could be served by a discussion of the errors assigned. The judgment is reversed upon the ground that the evidence is insufficient to justify the conviction.
DOYLE, P. J., concurs; EURMAN, J., absent.