Case Name: TOM CARSON v. STATE
Court: Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1916-07-18
Citations: 12 Okla. Crim. 461
Docket Number: No. A-2621
Parties: TOM CARSON v. STATE.
Judges: ARMSTRONG and BRETT, J. J., concur.
Reporter: Oklahoma Criminal Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 461–461

Head Matter:
TOM CARSON v. STATE.
No. A-2621.
Opinion Filed July 18, 1916.
(158 Pac. 639.)
ABATEMENT — Grounds—Death of Party. In a criminal prosecution the. purpose of the proceeding being to punish the accused, the action must necessarily’ abate upon his death, and where it is made to appear that plaintiff in error has died, pending the determination of his appeal, the cause will be abated.
Appeal from the County Court of Nowata County; F. A. Calvert, Judge
Tom Carson, convicted of a misdemeanor, appeals.
Glass & Weaver, for plaintiff in error.
R. McMillan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
DOYLE, P. J.
Plaintiff in error, Tom Carson, was convicted in the county court of Nowata county of a misdemeanor. From the judgment rendered on the verdict of the jury am appeal was perfected by filing in this court on January 3, 1916, a petition in error with case-made.
Since the appeal was taken, and before the final submission of the cause, to-wit, May 31, 1916, he departed'this life as shown by the affidavits of C. W. Mason, County Attorney of Nowata county, and Dr. G. A. Waters, who depose and say that plaintiff in error, Tom Carson, died at Lenapah, in said county, as the result of a gunshot wound. These affidavits are attached to and made a part of the suggestion of the death of the plaintiff in error by the Attorney General and filed in this court on this 18th day of July, 1915.
In a criminal action the purpose of the proceeding being to punish the defendant in person, the action must necessarily abate upon his death. It is therefore considered and the proceedings in this action do abate. It is so ordered.
ARMSTRONG and BRETT, J. J., concur.