Case Name: Mary Katherine JONES, Plaintiff in Error, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, Defendant in Error
Court: Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1965-11-17
Citations: 407 P.2d 997
Docket Number: No. A-13752
Parties: Mary Katherine JONES, Plaintiff in Error, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, Defendant in Error.
Judges: BUSSEY, P. J., and BRETT, concur.
Reporter: Pacific Reporter 2d
Volume: 407
Pages: 997–998

Head Matter:
Mary Katherine JONES, Plaintiff in Error, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, Defendant in Error.
No. A-13752.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.
Nov. 17, 1965.
Sidney White, Oklahoma City, for plaintiff in error.
Hugh H. Collum, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.

Opinion:
NIX, Judge.
Mary Katherine Jones plead Guilty to the crime of Petit Larceny After A Former Conviction of a Felony in the District Court of Oklahoma County; and was sentenced to One Year in the penitentiary. From that judgment and sentence she attempts to appeal to this Court.
The State has filed a Motion to Dismiss, and while this Court is of the opinion that it is well taken, and should be sustained; the question raised herein is of a jurisdictional nature which could be raised on habeas corpus. We will, therefore, briefly discuss the one allegation raised by counsel, which is: ⅜
"That the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution operated to carry over to the State Courts the guarantee of the Fifth Amendment — that no man could be placed on trial for a felony except upon an indictment by Grand Jury — thereby eliminating preliminary proceedings."
This question has been decided (adversely to the above allegation) in an early case, In re McNaught, 1 Okl.Cr. 528, 99 P. 241, which is very exhaustive and comprehensive. In a similar case, decided this 17th day of November, 1965, Miller v. State 407 P.2d 1000, this Court again re-affirms this opinion, and we deem the above allegation of defendant without merit. The judgment and sentence appealed from is hereby affirmed.
BUSSEY, P. J., and BRETT, concur.