Legal Opinion
Tarver v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided October 5, 1982No. F-81-59PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CORNISH, Judge:
Ray Harold Tarver, appellant, was convicted of two counts of First Degree Manslaughter in Oklahoma County District Court. He was sentenced to five (5) years’ imprisonment on each count, the sentences to be served consecutively.
It is undisputed that at approximately midnight on February 9,1980, Patricia Tar-ver was shot in the head by her husband, Ray Tarver, with a .357 Magnum revolver in the bedroom of their apartment. Mrs. Tarver was over eight months pregnant at the time of the shooting, both mother and infant died from the gunshot wound.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Gray v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1970
- Hutchman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1937
- Lamb v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1956
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Lee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1985
- Van White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1999
- Willis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
- McCarty v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2002
- Coslow v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1988
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