Legal Opinion
White v. Brown
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided January 27, 1960No. A-12830PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POWELL, Presiding Judge.
David White, No. 142540, an inmate of the Texas State Penitentiary, at Huntsville, Texas, seeks a writ of mandamus from this Court to compel F. C. Brown, justice of the peace in and for Tillman County, Oklahoma, at Frederick, to dismiss a preliminary information or complaint filed in that court on October 1, 1956, wherein said petitioner is charged with the crime of larceny of an automobile, a felony.
For grounds for the writ it is alleged that the County Attorney and the Sheriff of Tillman County at the time the charge was filed knew the whereabouts of petitioner and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Maxwell v. DowSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Hoag v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Thacker v. MarshallCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1958
- State v. SwainOregon Supreme Court · 1934
- Hart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1910
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Hobbs v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1966
- Dreadfulwater v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1966
- Auten v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1962
- Davidson v. SimmsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1960
- Fryar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1968