Case Name: JOE FIELDS v. STATE
Court: Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1920-04-10
Citations: 18 Okla. Crim. 713
Docket Number: No. A-3341
Parties: JOE FIELDS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: Oklahoma Criminal Reports
Volume: 18
Pages: 713–714

Head Matter:
JOE FIELDS v. STATE.
No. A-3341
Opinion Filed April 10, 1920.
Rehearing Denied Jan. 15, 1921.
(194 Pac. 249.)
Appeal from District Court, Okmulgee County; Ernest B. Hughes, Judge.
Joe Fields was convicted of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to serve' a .term of four years in the state penitentiary. and he appeals.
Affirmed

Opinion:
PER DURHAM.
Joe Fields was convicted of the crime of manslaughter. in the first degree, and his punishment fixed as abovei stated.
This appeal has been pending in this court since the 30th day of April, 1913. INo brief ha.s been filed in behalf of plaintiff in error, and no appearance was made to orally argue the cause at the time same was submitted.
Rule 9 of this court (12 Okla. Cr. viii, 165 Pac. x) provides:
"When no counsel appears, and no briefs are filed, the court will examine the pleadings, the instructions of the court, and the exceptions taken thereto, and the judgment and sentence, and, if no prejudicial error appears, will affirm the judgment."
After an examination of the pleadings, the instructions of the court, and the judgment and sentence, the court finds' that no prejudicial error occurred sufficient to authorize a reversal of' this judgment, and the same is therefore affirmed.