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462 P.2d 278

Dailey v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided November 5, 1969

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · decided 1969-11-05

Relies on West v. State

Decided 1969-11-05

BUSSEY, Judge.

¶1This is an attempted appeal from the judgment and sentence entered in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, wherein Otis James Dailey was charged, tried, and convicted of the crime of Rape in the First Degree. Said judgment and sentence fixing his punishment at 20 years in the state penitentiary, was entered on the 18th day of September, 1969, and thereafter, on the 24th day of October, 1969, a petition in error was filed in this Court.

¶2Rule 29, Section 4(b), of the Court of Criminal Appeals provides:

“A petition in error must be filed with the clerk of this Court within thirty (30) days from the date judgment and sentence is rendered by the trial court; and within five (5) days from the date said petition in error is filed in this Court, plaintiff in error must file one copy of said petition with the clerk of the trial court, and serve one copy thereof on the Attorney General.”

¶3In the instant case, judgment and sentence was entered on the 18th day of September, 1969, and the petition in error should have been filed in this Court on or before the 18th day of October, 1969.

¶4In West v. State, Okl.Cr., 462 P.2d 277, we stated:

“When the petition in error is not filed within the time provided in Rule 29, Section 4(b), supra, this Court is without jurisdiction to entertain an appeal and the Court may on its own Motion dismiss the attempted appeal.”

¶5■Since the provision of Rule 29, Section 4(b), is mandatory, we are of the opinion, and therefore hold, that the attempted appeal should be, and the same is hereby, dismissed, and the Clerk of this Court is directed to issue the mandate forthwith.

BRETT, P. J., and NIX, J., concur.
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