Legal Opinion
Pumpkin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided March 28, 1956No. A-12249PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRETT, Judge.
The plaintiff in error, Sam Pumpkin, defendant below, was' charged by information in the District Court of Cherokee County, Oklahoma,- ' with having committed the crime of murder on or about the sixth of March, 1955, with premeditated design, and did effect the death of one Jessie M. Mc-Lain, by means of a heavy blunt' instrument with which he did strike Jessie Mc-Lain and inflict mortal wounds on the back of her head and thereafter cause to.be set ■fire her log dwelling and left the body ’of the said Jessie M. McLain to be burned and partially destroyed by said fire. He was…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Edmonds v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1879
- State v. WinnerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1876
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Fred v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1975
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