Legal Opinion
Denney v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided October 28, 1959No. A-12743PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POWELL, Presiding Judge.
Ida Belle Denney, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged by information filed in the district court of Tulsa County with the crime of murder. Specifically, she was charged with the murder of Betty Jane Watkins by shooting her by use of a pistol. Defendant was tried before a jury, convicted and her punishment fixed at life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary at McAlester.
For reversal of the conviction, counsel advances some five specifications of error.
It is first and lastly urged that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction. The State used…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Chesser v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1937
- Sheehan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1946
- Presnell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1941
- Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1952
- State of Arizona v. TuttleArizona Supreme Court · 1941
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Powell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1995
- Mitchell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1993
- Bouziden v. Alfalfa Electric Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2000
- Ward v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1968
- Tilford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1968
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