Legal Opinion
Prescott v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided November 16, 1934No. A-8749PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavenport, J.
The plaintiff in error was by in: formation jointly charged with Maxwell Peak and John Matlock with the crime of murder; was tried separately, convicted, and sentenced to death in the electric chair.
The offense is alleged to have been committed the night of April 28, 1933. Joe C. Bell, the deceased, was a traveling salesman and lived at McAlester, Okla.; he was on his way home the night he was killed and was near the south line of Muskogee county, on highway 77. The record shows that the defendant and those charged with him had stolen an automobile for the purpose of using the same in…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Mayse v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1927
- Anderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912
- Campbell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1923
- Cole v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1921
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Sandefur v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1969
- State v. FouquetteNevada Supreme Court · 1950
- Igo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1954
- Rapp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1966
- Pueblo v. Rodríguez CorreaSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1963
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