Case Name: LAWRENCE R. GILCHRIST v. STATE
Court: Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1929-09-21
Citations: 44 Okla. Crim. 337
Docket Number: No. A-6930
Parties: LAWRENCE R. GILCHRIST v. STATE.
Judges: DAVENPORT and CHAPPELL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Oklahoma Criminal Reports
Volume: 44
Pages: 337–338

Head Matter:
LAWRENCE R. GILCHRIST v. STATE.
No. A-6930.
Opinion Filed September 21, 1929.
(281 Pac. 151.)
Brown Moore and John W. Whipple, for plaintiff in error.
Edwin Dabney, Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
EDWARDS, P. J.
The plaintiff in error was convicted in the district court of Payne county of manslaughter in the second degree, and his punishment fixed at a fine of $750.
It is shown by affidavit that since the appeal was taken to this court, the plaintiff in error departed this life. Since in a criminal action the purpose of the proceedings is to punish the defendant, the action must necessarily abate upon his death. It is therefore ordered that the proceedings in the above-entitled cause and the judgment rendered therein be abated, and that the district court of Payne county enter its appropriate order to that effect.
DAVENPORT and CHAPPELL, JJ., concur.