Legal Opinion
Chaney v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided May 15, 1980No. F-77-699PublishedCited by 145 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRETT, Judge:
Larry Leon Chaney, hereinafter to be called the defendant, was convicted of Murder in the First Degree — 21 O.S.Supp.1979, § 701.7 — in the District Court, Tulsa County, in Case No. CRF-77-756. After a hearing on the aggravating and mitigating circumstances of the case, the jury voted to impose the death penalty.
The victim was Mrs. Kendal Inez Ash-more, an authority on Morgan horses. On March 17, 1977, Mrs. Ashmore and her assistant, Ms. Kathy Brown, went to meet a man neither of them knew, who had ex pressed an interest in Morgan horses. They were never seen alive again.…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Williams v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by145 opinions
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