Legal Opinion

Riddle v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided October 11, 1950No. A-11366PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJones, P. J.

The defendant, Mandine Virginia Riddle, was jointly charged with her brother, Elbert Emery Riddle, by an information filed in the district court of Comanche county with the crime of murder of one Robert W. Henry on July 13, 1949. Pursuant to the verdict of the jury the defendant and her brother were each sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary, from which sentence the defendant alone has appealed.

The first question for determination is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction. This proposition was properly presented to the trial court by a…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Kirk v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1914
  2. Litchfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912
  3. Horn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1917
  4. Armstrong v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
  5. State v. ScottSupreme Court of Missouri · 1933

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Pope v. Superior CourtArizona Supreme Court · 1976
  2. Igo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1954
  3. State v. WaymanArizona Supreme Court · 1969
  4. Kennick v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1958
  5. Fletcher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1961

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