Legal Opinion
Stafford v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided September 7, 1983No. F-80-256PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUSSEY, Presiding Judge:
The appellant, Roger Dale Stafford, Sr., stands convicted in this case of three counts of Murder in the First Degree. He was tried before a jury in the District Court of McClain County, Oklahoma, the Honorable Kenneth Love, Associate District Judge, presiding. The appellant’s sentence for each murder was fixed at death, and he appeals therefrom.
The appellant, his wife (Verna Stafford) and their three children .were transients who arrived in Tulsa, Oklahoma in June of 1978. Shortly thereafter, the appellant met up with his brother, Harold Stafford.
On June 21, the…
2Cases cited57 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by67 opinions
- Betty Lou Beets v. Wayne Scott, Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- Roger Dale Stafford v. James Saffle, Warden, Oklahoma State, Penitentiary at McAlester Oklahoma Susan B. Loving, Attorney General of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
- Robison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1984
- Cargle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1995
- Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1986
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