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Wilson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided November 28, 1956No. A-12370PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POWELL, Judge.

Elmer Wilson was tried before a jury and convicted in the Superior Court of Garfield County wherein he was charged with the crime of attempted extortion. He was sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for a period of one year.

Defendant was prosecuted under 21 O.S. 1951 § 1487, headed: “Attempting to Extort Money” and reading:

“Every person who unsuccessfully attempts by means of any verbal threat such as is specified in the second section of this article [§ 1482] to extort money or other property from another is guilty of a misdemeanor.”

And the following statutory provisions:

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Sturgis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
  2. State v. PhillipsSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Vann v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1922
  4. Campbell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1952
  5. State v. TylerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1946

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Nichols v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1966
  2. Wood v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1989
  3. Holding v. NesbittDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1966
  4. Munson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1978
  5. Henley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1962

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