Hughes v. State, 185 P.2d 238

BAREFOOT, P. J.

Defendant, Carl Hughes, was charged in the court of common pleas of Oklahoma county ‍​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍with the crime of unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor on April 29, 1945, to wit: “Forty-nine and three- fourths (49%) pints of tax-paid intoxicating liquor, to wit: whisky.” He was tried, convicted, and ‍​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍sentenced to pay a fine of $50 and to serve 30 days in the county jail, and has appealed.

This case involves the same questions of law presented by the case of ‍​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍Hughes v. State of Oklahoma, 85 Okla. Cr. 25, 184 P. 2d 625. The identical instruction which caused a reversal in that case was given in this case, and excepted to by the ‍​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍defendant.

For the reasons stated in the case of Hughes v. State, 85 Okla. Cr. 25, 184 P. 2d 625, the judgment of the court of common pleas of Oklahoma county is reversed, and the ‍​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‍case remanded, with instructions to again try this defendant on this charge.

JONES and BRETT, JJ., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Hughes v. State

Court Name: Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Date Published: Sep 10, 1947

Citations: 185 P.2d 238; 85 Okla. Crim. 39; 1947 OK CR 100; 1947 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 269; No. A-10751.

Docket Number: No. A-10751.

Court Abbreviation: Okla. Crim. App.