Legal Opinion
Sharp v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided October 27, 1965No. A-13554PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRETT, Judge.
Dallas Quinton Sharp, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was convicted for the crime of murder, and on May 20, 1964 by the judgment of the district court of Beckham County, Oklahoma, was sentenced to suffer death by electrocution on August 15, 1964, within the walls of the State Penitentiary at McAlester, as by law provided.
The court-appointed attorney for the defendant has perfected his appeal to this Court.
The penal code of Oklahoma Title 21 O.S.A. § 707, provides:
“Every person convicted of murder shall suffer death, or imprisonment at hard labor in the State…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Harvell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1964
- Hathcox v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1951
- Barber v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1963
- Dare v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1963
- Cody v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1962
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Robinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1973
- Bennett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1973
- Sanders v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1976
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
- Lester v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1966
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