Legal Opinion
Lewellyn v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided March 20, 1979No. F-77-579PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CORNISH, Presiding Judge:
This is an appeal by John Bennett Lewel-lyn, appellant, a/k/a Jean L’Aquarius, “a priest in the Holy American Church.” Appellant asserts on appeal that the State of Oklahoma does not have proper jurisdiction in this case. His contentions on appeal are that: (1) the Magna Carta is incorporated into the First Amendment of the United States Constitution; (2) the sovereign head of the Holy American Church is answerable only to an ecclesiastical court; and (3) the marihuana laws of the State of Oklahoma are unconstitutional because they do not provide for the use of…
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2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. OlsenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1982
- Allah-U Akbar Allah-U Wahid v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1986
- L'AQUARIUS v. MaynardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1981
- Jean L'AquArius v. Steve Hargett and Attorney General, State of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992