State of Oklahoma v. Thomas Joshua Fidler

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzlement and violation of the consumer protection act.

Reported by Kent Morlan

ACQUITTED


JUDGE DAVID GUTEN: DEFENDANT PRESENT, NOT IN CUSTODY AND REPRESENTED BY ROBERT SEACAT. STATE REPRESENTED BY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHTON BLACKBURN & EMILY HURT. CASE AGENT HOKETT, PRESENT. COURT REPORTER GLORIA SMITH IS PRESENT. CASE CALLED FOR JURY TRIAL AND PARTIES ANNOUNCE READY FOR TRIAL. THE JURORS ARE CALLED AND SWORN AS TO QUALIFICATIONS. THE JURY IS IMPANELED AND EXAMINED FOR CAUSE. THE FOLLOWING JURORS ARE EXCUSED FOR CAUSE: 9 THE JURORS ARE ACCEPTED FOR CAUSE. PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES ISSUED BY THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 5 PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES ISSUED BY THE DEFENDANT: 5 THE FOLLOWING JURORS ARE ACCEPTED AND SWORN TO TRY THE CAUSE: 12 THE FOLLOWING ALTERNATE JURORS ARE SELECTED: 1 THE RULE OF SEQUESTRATION WAS INVOKED. STATE PRESENTS EVIDENCE AND RESTS. DEFENDANT DEMURS AND THE DEMURRER IS OVERRULED. DEFENDANT PRESENTS EVIDENCE AND RESTS. DEFENDANT MOVES FOR DIRECTED VERDICT AND IS OVERRULED. BOTH SIDES REST. THE JURY IS INSTRUCTED AS TO THE LAW. CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE MADE. THE SWEARING OF THE BAILIFF IS WAIVED AND AT 11:20AM, THE BAILIFF AND JURY RETIRE FOR DELIBERATION. AT 12:17AM, THE JURY RETURNS INTO OPEN COURT WITH THEIR VERDICT, WHICH IS READ IN OPEN COURT AND IS TO WIT: WE, THE JURY IMPANELED AND SWORN IN THE ABOVE-ENTITLED CAUSE, DO UPON OUR OATHS FIND THE DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY OF THE CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT AND NOT GUILTY OF THE CHARGE OF VIOLATION OF THE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT. JURORS CONCURRING, SIGNED BY FOREMAN. JURY DISCHARGED. BOND EXONERATED. COSTS ASSESSED TO STATE. FOURTEEN (14) WITNESSES SWORN AND TESTIMONY HEARD IN TRIAL.