Legal Opinion

Application of Simmons

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided January 4, 1961No. A-12973PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POWELL, Presiding Judge.

Robert W. Simmons, an inmate of the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, No. 77348-L, filed herein on October 20, 1960 his application seeking a writ of mandamus to compel the county attorney of Muskogee County, Oklahoma, and the examining magistrate in whose court a preliminary information has been filed charging petitioner with false pretenses, a felony, to afford him a speedy trial or dismiss the charge.

While petitioner in the heading to his petition names the county court of Muskogee County a respondent, he also names the presiding judge, city court…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hurst v. PitmanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1950
  2. State Ex Rel. Short v. WhiteCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1928
  3. Davidson v. SimmsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1960

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Hereden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1962
  2. Hereden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1962

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