Court Opinion

ID: 9848540
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:21:57.965876+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:18:23.035821
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BRETT, Judge
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent to this decision. I believe the law announced by this Court in 1926, in the case of Sutton v. State, 35 Okl.Cr. 263, 250 P. 930 (1926), is more applicable to the instant matter than is Brown v. State, supra, cited in the majority opinion. The court minute in the instant case reflects that defendant’s attorney was appointed for him just before *1351noon on February 3, 1954, and at 1:30 p. m. the plea of guilty was entered. It is also apparent that the co-defendants, after considerable plea bargaining, were permitted to enter pleas of guilty to the charge of manslaughter in lieu of murder. As I view this matter, it does not reach the level of justice discussed in the Sutton case, supra; therefore, I dissent.
BUSSEY, J., concurs.
BRETT, j., dissents.