Webb v. State, F-78-7
Decision Date | 30 October 1978 |
Docket Number | No. F-78-7,F-78-7 |
Citation | 586 P.2d 78 |
Parties | Dexter Wayne WEBB, Appellant, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee. |
Court | United States State Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma. Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma |
Appellant, Dexter Wayne Webb, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried and convicted in the District Court, Oklahoma County, Case No. CRF-77-512, of the offense of Robbery With Firearms, in contravention of 21 O.S.1971, § 801. Punishment was fixed at fifteen (15) years' imprisonment. From this judgment and sentence defendant has perfected this appeal.
The facts of the case are that on February 3, 1977, at approximately 4:00 p. m., Mr. Ellison Johnson, age 74, observed four youths walking in front of his residence. Defendant then came to the door to inquire about the adjoining half of the duplex. A few minutes after leaving, defendant and three others returned. The four individuals gained entry into Mr. Johnson's residence by breaking the hook latch on a screen door and pushing open a wooden door. Mr. Johnson was thrown to the floor and held there by defendant while the other participants searched his home. At one point, Mr. Johnson's handgun was found and was pointed at him. Officers then arrived, and two youths broke out the bathroom window and fled, with officers in pursuit. The remaining two individuals were arrested inside the house and Mr. Johnson's weapon was recovered. Three watches belonging to Mr. Johnson were found on the ground outside the bathroom window. The defendant contended that he had not participated in the robbery, but had only been in an alley behind Mr. Johnson's residence when the police arrived. He stated he ran because he had a marihuana cigarette in his pocket and was afraid of being arrested.
The defendant contends in his first assignment of error that an evidentiary harpoon denied him a fair trial. The complained of remark is as follows:
We first note that no objection was raised by counsel to this statement. In Wallace v. State, Okl.Cr., 562 P.2d 1175 (1977), it has been held that unless objection is made to evidentiary harpoons, any errors are waived and cannot be raised for the first time on appeal. We further find that the evidence presented to the jury was that the gun belonged to the complaining witness, Mr. Johnson. He had recently purchased the weapon at a pawn shop, and the defendant and his associates obtained the gun from a table during the robbery.
We find no merit in defendant's second assignment of error. Defendant contends the prosecutor implied the defendant had committed other crimes in asking the following question: "Now, then, you just testified that you haven't been in trouble with the law before, is that correct?" The language of Agee v. State, Okl.Cr., 562 P.2d 913 (1977), covers this situation. After reiterating the rule that evidence of other crimes must come within one of the recognized exceptions to be admissible, this Court stated:
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