Court Opinion

ID: 9547718
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 17:50:51.097672+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:17:59.149448
License: Public Domain

CORNISH, J.,
concurs in results.
APPENDIX A
The information against Jacene in case number CRF-80-319 states:
For Violation of 21 Oklahoma Statutes 982(A-1) COMMERCIAL GAMBLING
IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, KAY E. HUFF, District Attorney, comes into Court and states upon this Affidavit that the above-named Defendant on or about the 6th day of October, 1979, at 2404 S. Classen, Norman, Cleveland County, State of Oklahoma, did unlawfully, wilfully and feloniously receive from Robert Sinor, a Norman police officer, at a gambling place, four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00) good and lawful currency of the United States of America, said currency being received from the said Robert Sinor to place a bet between the parties based on chance, to wit: the outcome of the West Virginia, Kansas and U.C.L.A. college football games to be played on the 6th day of October, 1979,
The information against Koo in case number CRF-80-322 states:
For Violation of 21 Oklahoma Statutes 982(A-1) COMMERCIAL GAMBLING IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, KAY E. HUFF, District Attorney, comes into Court and states upon this Affidavit that the above-named Defendant on or about the 14th day of May, 1979, at Koo’s Cafe, 319 E. Main, Norman, Cleveland County, State of Oklahoma, did unlawfully, wilfully and feloni-ously receive from Bill Rollins, a Norman police officer, at a gambling place, twenty dollars ($20.00) good and lawful currency of the United States of America, said currency being received from the said Bill Rollins to place a bet between the parties based on chance, to wit: the outcome of the Texas/Baltimore baseball game and the Cincinnati/San Diego baseball game, said games to be played on the 14th day of May, 1979,
The information against Koo in case number CRF-80-325 states:
For Violation of 21 Oklahoma Statutes 982(A-1) COMMERCIAL GAMBLING
IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, KAY E. HUFF, District Attorney, comes into Court and states upon this Affidavit that the above-named Defendant on or about the 23rd day of May, 1979, at Koo’s Cafe, 319 E. Main, Norman, Cleveland County, State of Oklahoma, did unlawfully, wilfully and feloni-ously receive from Bill Rollins, a Norman police officer, at a gambling place, fifty dollars ($50.00) good and lawful currency of the United States of America, said currency being received from the said Bill Rollins to place a bet between the parties based on chance, to wit: the outcome of the Washington/Seattle baseball game played on the 24th day of May, 1979,
The information against Koo in case number CRF-80-326 states:
For Violation of 21 Oklahoma Statutes 982(A-1) COMMERCIAL GAMBLING
IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, KAY E. HUFF, District Attorney, comes into Court and states upon this Affidavit that the above-named Defendant on or about the 15th day of May, 1979, at Koo’s Cafe, 319 E. Main, Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, did unlawfully, wilfully and feloniously receive from Bill Rollins, a Norman police officer, at a gambling place, ten dollars ($10.00) good and lawful currency of the United States of America, said currency being received from the said Bill Rollins *895to place a bet between the parties based on chance, to wit: the outcome of the New York/Detroit baseball game and the California/Milwaukee baseball game, said games to be played on the 15th day of May, 1979,
The information against Koo in case number CRF-80-333 states:
For Violation of 21 Oklahoma Statutes § 982(A-1) COMMERCIAL GAMBLING
IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, KAY E. HUFF, District Attorney, comes into Court and states upon this Affidavit that the above-named Defendant on or about the 11th day of May, 1979, at Koo’s Cafe, 319 E. Main, Norman, Cleveland County, State of Oklahoma, did unlawfully, wilfully and feloni-ously receive from Bill Rollins, a Norman police officer, at a gambling place, fifty dollars ($50.00) good and lawful currency of the United States of America, said currency being received from the said Bill Rollins to place a bet between the parties based on chance, to wit: the outcome of the Seattle/Phoenix basketball game; the Washignton/San Antonio basketball game; and the Houston/Chicago baseball game, said games to be played on the 11th day of May, 1979,
APPENDIX B
Title 21 O.S.1981, § 942 reads as follows:
Any person who bets or plays at any of said prohibited games, or who shall bet or play at any games whatsoever, for money, property, checks, credits or other representatives of value with cards, dice or any other device which may be adapted to or used in playing any game of chance or in which chance is a material element, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not less than one day, nor more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
and, 21 O.S.1981, § 991 provides as follows:
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons or association of persons, corporation or corporations, to bet or wager by means of books, machines or any other devices, or to occupy any room, shed, tenement or building, or any part thereof, or to occupy any place upon any grounds with books, apparatus, or paraphernalia for the purpose of recording or registering bets or wagers or of selling pools, or making books or mutuals upon the result of any trial of speed or power of endurance of animals or beasts, or being the owner or lessee or occupant of any room, tent, tenement, shed, booth or building, or .part thereof at any place knowingly to permit the same to be used or occupied for any other such purposes, or therein to keep, exhibit, or employ any device or apparatus for the purpose of recording or registering such bets or wagers or the selling or making of such books, pools or mutuals, or to become the custodian or depository for gain, hire or reward of any money, property or thing of value, bet or wagered or to be wagered or bet contrary to the provisions of this act, or to receive, register, record, forward of purport or pretend to forward to or for any race course within or without this state, any money, thing or consideration of value offered for the purpose of being bet or wagered upon the speed or endurance of any animal or beast, or to occupy any place, or building or part thereof with books, papers, apparatus or paraphernalia for the purpose of receiving or pretending to receive or for recording or for registering or for forwarding or pretending or attempting to forward in any manner whatever, any money, thing or consideration of value, bet or wagered or to be bet or wagered by any person, or to receive or offer to receive any money, thing, or consideration of value bet or to be bet contrary to the provisions of this act, or to aid or assist or abet at any racetrack or place in any manner in any of the acts forbidden by this statute. That any person or persons or association *896of persons, corporation or corporations violating the provisions of this act shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, one-fourth of which shall be paid to the informer, and be imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days.
Although, not specifically referred to by the judge, 21 O.S.1981, § 941, upon which § 942, supra, relies, provides as follows:
Every person who opens, or causes to be opened, or who conducts, whether for hire or not, or carries on either poker, roulette, craps or any banking or percentage, or any gambling game played with dice, cards or any device for money, checks, credits, or any representatives of value, or who either as owner or employee, whether for hire or not, deals for those engaged in any such game, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars, nor more than two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of not less than one year nor more than ten years.