WATT v. CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY

No. M-79-565.

628 P.2d 371 (1981)

Charles Ray WATT, Appellant, v. The CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

April 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ed McConnel, Oklahoma City, for appellant.

Fred H. Anderson, Assistant Municipal Counselor, Oklahoma City, for appellee.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRETT, Presiding Judge:

The appellant was convicted by a jury trial in the Municipal Court of Record for the City of Oklahoma City, their Case No. 79-023156, of Leaving the Scene of an Accident. His sentence was ten days in the city jail.

The two assignments of error will be consolidated because they focus on the same problem: that is, the comment by a prosecutor on the constitutional right of a defendant to remain silent following...

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