Legal Opinion
Dixon v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided May 4, 1949No. A-10953PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBbett, J.
This is an appeal by Lonzo Dixon, a negro, the defendant below, who was charged, tried and convicted by a jury that fixed his punishment at five years in the State Penitentiary and upon which verdict the trial court pronounced judgment and sentence accordingly..
The victim of the assault, J. C. Farrington, was a commissioned deputy sheriff, who, together with two other officers, saw the defendant and another person drinking whisky, in a public place, and after putting the defendant under arrest and while seeking to search him, the defendant shot the said Farrington with a pistol with the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Norris v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Martin v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Murphy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1941
- Hollins v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Pressley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1941
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Lee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1981
- Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1952
- Melot v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1962
- Pollard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1974
- Ex Parte HackettCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1950
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