Legal Opinion
Adams v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided February 14, 1951No. A-11233PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJones, J.
The defendant, Claude Adams, was charged by an information filed in the district court of Osage county with the crime of murder; was tried; convicted of manslaughter in the first degree; and pursuant to the verdict of the jury was sentenced to serve five years imprisonment in the State Penitentiary; and has appealed.
In answer to the brief of the defendant the Attorney General has filed a brief in which he states:
“It was the theory of the state that the defendant assaulted deceased with his fists, knocked him down and then got on him and beat him to death. There was evidence to support this…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Wadsworth v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
- Mead v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1938
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1936
- Palmer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1944
- Gaunce v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1923
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Cipriano v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2001
- Bills v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1978
- Whisenhunt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1954
- Lair v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1957
- Ellis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1957
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