Case Name: Ex parte T. J. BELL
Court: Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1935-07-18
Citations: 57 Okla. Crim. 257
Docket Number: No. A-8960
Parties: Ex parte T. J. BELL.
Judges: DAVENPORT, P. J., and DOYLE, J., concur.
Reporter: Oklahoma Criminal Reports
Volume: 57
Pages: 257–259

Head Matter:
Ex parte T. J. BELL.
No. A-8960.
July 18, 1935.
(47 Pac. [2d] 886.)
T. J. Bell, pro se.
Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., and Smith C. Matson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for resondent.

Opinion:
EDWARDS, ,J.
This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus. Petitioner alleges be is unlawfully restrained by tbe warden of the state penitentiary. That on tbe 27th day of February, 1929, be was convicted in tbe district court of Choctaw county, on bis plea of guilty of theft of domestic fowls, and was sentenced to serve a term of two years in tbe state penitentiary. That at the time he was under twenty-one years of age, and under the authority of sections 2803 and 2804 C. O. S. 1921, his sentence was suspended by the trial judge. That thereafter, on the 11th day of April, 1934, the district judge of said Choctaw county made an order attempting to revoke the suspended sentence made at the time of said sentence, and ordering petitioner to- serve said sentence.
This court in the case of Ex parte King, 40 Okla. Cr. 21, 266 Pac. 511, and in other cases has held that suspended sentences can be revoked only during the term of said sentence ; that after tbe expiration of the term tbe sentence is discharged and the district court is without power to revoke.
It follows that the writ should be granted and the petitioner discharged. It is so ordered.
DAVENPORT, P. J., and DOYLE, J., concur.