Legal Opinion

Dorsey v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided June 22, 1987No. F-85-250PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

The appellant, David M. Dorsey, was convicted of the crime of Murder in the Second Degree in the District Court of Comanche County in Case No. CRF-84-267 and was sentenced to ten (10) years imprisonment, and he appeals.

Briefly stated the facts are that on May 26, 1984, Gail Dorsey, appellant’s wife, left her residence in Lawton, Oklahoma, and went across the street to a store where she saw Allen Hartgraves, the man with whom she had been having an affair ever since her husband had been stationed with the Army in Honduras. The appellant, who had returned from Honduras a…

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Spuehler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1985
  3. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
  4. Howell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1981

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Willingham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1997
  2. Quilliams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1989
  3. Taylor v. WorkmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2009
  4. Phillips v. WorkmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2010
  5. Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1988

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