Legal Opinion

Hall v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided September 1, 1982No. F-79-723PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CORNISH, Judge:

Edward Lyle Hall was convicted of Murder in the First Degree. The jury recommended the death penalty after finding Hall guilty of killing a prison guard during his escape from the State Penitentiary at McAlester.

Three assertions of error will be addressed on appeal: (1) Is Hall’s felony-murder conviction violative of the Fifth Amendment double jeopardy clause? (2) Was Hall denied a fair trial as a result of the State’s failure to disclose exculpatory evidence and perjured testimony? (3) Did *895the trial court err in excluding evidence of Sealy’s prison record?-

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2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  4. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Robison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1984
  2. State v. SpurlockCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
  3. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1987
  4. Stout v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1984
  5. Dutton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1984

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