Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma January 5, 1966, A-13612 (Rankin v. State)

NIX, Judge.

Plaintiff in Error, Ernest E. Rankin, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged by information in the District Court of Murray County, Oklahoma, conjointly with James Rankin and Lovena Hockenberry, with the crime of Murder. Fie moved for a severance, and was tried alone by a jury, found guilty of Manslaughter First Degree and sentenced to Thirty (30) years in the penitentiary.