Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided August 14, 1973No. A-18072PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BLISS, Presiding Judge:

Appellant, George Williams, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried before a jury and convicted for the crime of Murder in the District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma. Defendant was sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment, and from said judgment and sentence defendant has perfected a timely appeal.

Briefly, stated, the evidence adduced at the trial reflects that defendant, a seventy year old retiree, shot and killed his sixty-two year old wife at their residence in Tulsa during the forenoon of February 4, 1972. The shooting occurred at…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Oxendine v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1958
  2. Tarter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1961
  3. Gibbons v. TerritoryCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
  4. Mott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1951
  5. Wood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1971

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Hooks v. WardCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
  2. Arthur Donnell Miller, Jr. v. Ron ChampionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
  3. Hung Thanh Le v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1997
  4. Fontenot v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1994
  5. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2011

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