Legal Opinion
McCormick v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided January 12, 1993No. F-90-516PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LANE, Presiding Judge:
Appellant, Michael McCormick, was found guilty of the crime of Murder in the First Degree following a trial by jury in Tulsa County District Court Case No. CF-89-3589. Punishment was assessed at life in prison and Appellant was sentenced accordingly. He has appealed his conviction alleging six grounds of error: that unnecessarily gruesome photographs were improperly introduced at trial; that the instruction on flight shifted the burden of proof from the State; that the instructions concerning “heat of passion” did not set out the appropriate burdens of proof; that…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Ashinsky v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1989
- United States v. Jessica M. LoftonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
- Thomas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1991
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3Cited by54 opinions
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- Mitchell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1994
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