Legal Opinion

Pate v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided April 19, 1961No. A-12901PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRETT, Judge.

The plaintiff in error, Gerald Pate, defendant below, was charged by information in the district court of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, with the crime of murder (21 O.S.1951 § 701) committed by means of strangulation upon the body of Mary Jane Haygood. The crime was alleged to have been perpetrated on September 16, 1959 in said county and state. The information was filed on October 20, 1959. Defendant was tried by a jury, convicted, and his punishment fixed at death. Judgment and sentence was entered accordingly, from which this appeal has been perfected.

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2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Oxendine v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1958
  2. Sadler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1947
  3. State v. EvansWashington Supreme Court · 1927
  4. Burgunder v. State of ArizonaArizona Supreme Court · 1940
  5. Berry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1910

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3Cited by54 opinions

  1. Brewer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1982
  2. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1975
  3. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1975
  4. Castleberry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1974
  5. Collins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1977

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