Legal Opinion
Lewis v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided May 31, 1967No. A-14029PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BUSSEY, Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment and sentence rendered in Oklahoma County District Court Case No. 31504, wherein Melvin Alphonzo Lewis, hereinafter referred to as the Defendant, was tried by a jury for the crime of Murder, found guilty, and sentenced to death in the electric chair.
The facts adduced on the trial are identical with those in Tilford v. State, Okl.Cr., 437 P.2d 261, and will not be discussed in this opinion, except to emphasize that the record clearly establishes that the defendant, Freddie Lee Tilford, and Donald Lee Pendleton, planned the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Tilford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1968
3Cited by6 opinions
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- State v. JonesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1993
- Johnson v. MullinCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2007
- Janet M. Sanders/miller v. Ted Logan, Warden, Mabel Bassett Correctional Center and the State of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
- Lewis v. OklahomaDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1969
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