Case Name: MYRTLE SMITH v. STATE
Court: Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1913-01-25
Citations: 8 Okla. Crim. 575
Docket Number: No. A-763
Parties: MYRTLE SMITH v. STATE.
Judges: ARMSTRONG, P. J., and DOYLE, J., concur.
Reporter: Oklahoma Criminal Reports
Volume: 8
Pages: 575–576

Head Matter:
MYRTLE SMITH v. STATE.
No. A-763.
Opinion Filed January 25, 1913.
(129 Pac. 445.)
PARTIES — Death—Abatement of Cause. Where it is made to appear ■to the court that an appellant has died pending an appeal, the cause will be abated.
(Syllabus by the Court.)
Appeal from Superior Court, Pittsburg County; P. D. Brewer, Judge.
Myrtle Smith was convicted of manslaughter, and appeals.
Cause abated.
/. H. Wilkins, for appellant.
Smith C. Matson, Asst: Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
EURMAN, J.
Appellant was convicted in the superior court of Pittsburg county for the crime of manslaughter, and prosecuted an appeal. Pending a consideration of the appeal, application was made to this court to release appellant upon her own recognizance, on account of the physical condition oLappel- lant, which application was granted. See Myrtle Smith v. State, 6 Okla. Cr. 364, 118 Pac. 676. It has been made to appear to this court that shortly after her release from prison appellant died.
It is therefore ordered that the prosecution in this case be abated, and the cause stricken from the docket.
ARMSTRONG, P. J., and DOYLE, J., concur.