Court Opinion

ID: 3832762
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-06 08:03:15.942974+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:40:11.290491
License: Public Domain

Upon the trial of these cases the court among other things instructed the jury as follows:
"If the jury believe from the evidence that any witness has willfully testified falsely to any material fact or statement of facts in this case, you are at liberty to disregard the whole of such witnesses' testimony except in so far as the same may be corroborated by other creditable witnesses or creditable evidence."
This instruction should not have been given in this form. See Henry v. State, 6 Okla. Crim. 430. But there are two reasons why this instruction is not reversible error in these cases. First, the record fails to show that any exception was reserved to this instruction when given and the error which it contains is not fundamental. Second, the guilt of the appellant in both of said cases is overwhelmingly and conclusively proven by the testimony. Upon the entire records appellant is not only guilty of these offenses, but he is a hardened criminal and a confirmed bootlegger. The verdict of the jury in both cases is right. Therefore the judgments in both of the above-numbered and entitled causes are affirmed.
ARMSTRONG and DOYLE, JJ., concur.