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Date: 06-30-2014

Case Style: STATE OF OKLAHOMA v. TARIOUS TIMOTHY ADKINS, A/K/A TARIOYS ADKINS, A/K/A TARIOUS GORDON

Case Number: CF-2014-2371

Judge: Clifford Smith

Court: DISTRICT COURT, TULSA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

Plaintiff's Attorney: Heather Anderson

Defendant's Attorney: Stephanie Singer, PD

Description: TULSA, OK - THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA charged TARIOUS TIMOTHY ADKINS, A/K/A TARIOYS ADKINS, A/K/A TARIOUS GORDON with:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: FFP, DEFRAUDING AN INNKEEPER, in violation of 21 O.S. 1503, which provides:

Any person who shall obtain food, lodging, services or other accommodations at any hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house, rooming house, motel or auto camp, with intent to defraud the owner or keeper thereof, if the value of such food, lodging, services or other accommodations is Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or less, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding three (3) months, or punished by both such fine and imprisonment, and if the value of such food, lodging, services or other accommodations is more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) but less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), any person convicted pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by incarceration in the county jail for not to exceed one (1) year or incarceration in the county jail one or more nights or weekends pursuant to Section 991a-2 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, at the option of the court, and shall be subject to a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) and ordered to provide restitution to the victim as provided in Section 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and if the value of such food, lodging, services or accommodations is valued at One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more, any person convicted hereunder shall be deemed guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term not exceeding five (5) years. Any person who shall obtain shelter, lodging, or any other services at any apartment house, apartment, rental unit, rental house, or trailer camp, with intent to defraud the owner or keeper thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding three (3) months, or be punished by both fine and imprisonment. Proof that such lodging, food, services or other accommodations were obtained by false pretense or by false or fictitious show or pretense of any baggage or other property, or that he gave a check on which payment was refused, or that he left the hotel, inn, restaurant, boarding house, rooming house, motel, apartment house, apartment, rental unit or rental house, trailer camp or auto camp, without payment or offering to pay for such food, lodging, services or other accommodation, or that he surreptitiously removed or attempted to remove his baggage, or that he registered under a fictitious name, shall be prima facie proof of the intent to defraud mentioned in this section; but this section shall not apply where there has been an agreement in writing for delay in payment.


Date of Offense: 05/21/2014

Party Name

Disposition Information

ADKINS, TARIOUS TIMOTHY
Disposed: CONVICTION, 06/30/2014. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: DEFRAUDING AN INNKEEPER(FFP)
Violation of 21 O.S. 1503


Count # 2.
Count as Filed: DR1, PUBLIC INTOXICATION, in violation of 37 O.S. 8, which provides:

Except as provided in Section 2 of this act, any person who shall, in any public place, or in or upon any passenger coach, streetcar, or in or upon any other vehicle commonly used for the transportation of passengers, or in or about any depot, platform, waiting station or room, drink or otherwise consume any intoxicating liquor unless authorized by the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, intoxicating substance, or intoxicating compound of any kind, or inhale glue, paint or other intoxicating substance, or if any person shall be drunk or intoxicated in any public or private road, or in any passenger coach, streetcar, or any public place or building, or at any public gathering, from drinking or consuming such intoxicating liquor, intoxicating substance or intoxicating compound or from inhalation of glue, paint or other intoxicating substance, or if any person shall be drunk or intoxicated from any cause and shall disturb the peace of any person, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00), nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment for not less than five (5) days nor more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.


Date of Offense: 05/21/2014

Party Name

Disposition Information

ADKINS, TARIOUS TIMOTHY
Disposed: CONVICTION, 06/30/2014. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: PUBLIC INTOXICATION(DR1)
Violation of 37 O.S. 8

Outcome: 06-30-2014 
CONVICTED

JUDGE CLIFFORD SMITH: DEFENDANT PRESENT, IN CUSTODY AND REPRESENTED BY STEPHANIE SINGER. STATE REPRESENTED BY HEATHER ANDERSON. COURT REPORTER IS WAIVED. DEFENDANT WAIVES PRELIMINARY HEARING, RIGHT TO JURY AND NON-JURY TRIAL. DEFENDANT SWORN IN OPEN COURT. PARTIES WAIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT. DEFENDANT ENTERS A PLEA OF GUILTY. COURT ACCEPTS PLEA AND FINDS DEFENDANT GUILTY. DEFENDANT IS SENTENCED AS FOLLOWS:

COUNT ONE (1): DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO THIRTY (30) DAYS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE TULSA COUNTY JAIL WITH CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED. DEFENDANT ASSESSED A FINE IN THE AMOUNT OF $300.00; VICTIM'S COMPENSATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $75.00; PLUS COSTS.
COUNT TWO (2): DEFENDANT ASSESSED A FINE IN THE AMOUNT OF $50.00, PLUS COSTS.
DEFENDANT ADVISED OF APPEAL RIGHTS. RULE 8 EXECUTED. JUDGEMENT AND SENTENCE ISSUED. COMMITMENT ISSUED.

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