Legal Opinion

Gaines v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided August 10, 1981No. F-80-518PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

From his conviction in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CRF-79-4384, of Rape in the First Degree, with punishment set at ten (10) years’ imprisonment Darryl L. Gaines, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, appeals.

The defendant contends that the evidence adduced at the trial was wholly insufficient to support the verdict of the jury and that it was based on the uncorroborated testimony of the prosecutrix, whose testimony was inherently improbable. This assignment of error is patently frivolous.

The prosecutrix testified that on October 9, 1979, at…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hunt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1979
  2. Wright v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1975
  3. Holding v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1977
  4. Asberry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1977

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Ellis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1982
  2. Waxler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1987
  3. Ellis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1982
  4. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1983

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