Legal Opinion
Bennett v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided October 13, 1982No. F-79-656PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRETT, Presiding Judge:
Sammy Ray Bennett was convicted of Murder in the First Degree in the District Court of McClain County, Case No. CRF— 77-63, and sentenced to punishment of life imprisonment.
On June 28, 1977, Linda Spears, an employee of Nancy’s Beauty Shop, near Purcell, Oklahoma, was found dead in that shop of massive blunt force injuries to the head. The appellant had been to the shop at approximately 12:30 p.m. to have Mrs. Spears cut his hair. He was seen at the Sonic Drive-In, in Purcell, at 2:30 p.m., with blood on his face and car.
Nancy Woods arrived at her shop at…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Barber v. PageSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Oxendine v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1958
- United States v. Clifton Gene GibbonsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
- Shapard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1967
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Hooks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1993
- Spears v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1995
- Willingham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1997
- Boyd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1992
- Powell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1995
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