Legal Opinion
Skinner v. State Ex Rel. Williamson
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 18, 1941No. 28229PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHurst, J.
This action was instituted in the district court by the State of Oklahoma against Jack T. Skinner under the provisions of chapter 26, art. 1, S. L. 1935, 57 O. S. A. §§ 171-195, known as the “Oklahoma Habitual Criminal Sterilization Act.”
The act was enacted pursuant to the police power of the state. It defines an habitual criminal to mean a person who has been convicted two or more times to final judgment of the commission of crimes amounting to felonies involving moral turpitude, either in a court of competent jurisdiction of this state or any other state, and is thereafter convicted to…
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. WilliamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- People v. ChapmanMichigan Supreme Court · 1942
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