Legal Opinion
Phelps v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided April 29, 1938No. A-9298PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBabefoot, J.
An information was filed in the district court of Seminole county charging the defendant with the crime of murder. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to serve a term of seven years in the penitentiary, and has appealed.
The first two assignments of error were: (a) That the court erred in refusing to sustain a demurrer to the evidence; and (b) that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict.
The evidence revealed that on the 17th day of May, 1936, the deceased, Burford White, about 12:30 or 1 o’clock in the morning, came to the home of Anna Mae Horton, who lived about a mile west…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Vickers v. United StatesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1908
- Rogers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1910
- Addington v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
- Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1921
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Phillips v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1999
- Fry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1950
- Hancock v. TrammellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2015
- Cipriano v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2001
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1947
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