Legal Opinion
Easley v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided November 3, 1943No. A-10209PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Defendant, James Easley, was charged in the district court of Tulsa county with the crime of murder; was tried, convicted, sentenced to death, and has appealed.
Defendant was charged with killing his wife, Vivian Easley, in Tulsa county, on June 25, 1941, by shooting her.
The petition in error contains 24 assignments of error. Some of them are duplications. Those covered by the brief of defendant will be carefully considered.
In the early case of Anderson v. State, 8 Okla. Cr. 90,126 P. 840, Ann. Cas. 1914C, 314, this court said:
"In cases where the extreme penalty of the law is pronounced…
2Cases cited59 opinions
- Morris v. TerritoryCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
- Craft v. StateSupreme Court of Kansas · 1866
- Owen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1917
- Anderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912
- Jewell v. Territory of OklahomaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1896
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Hain v. GibsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2002
- Bennett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1968
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1949
- WELLS v. OKLAHOMA ROOFING & SHEET METALSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2019
- Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1950
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