Legal Opinion
Turner v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided February 5, 1990No. F-88-1021PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LANE, Vice Presiding Judge:
On October 14, 1987, while an inmate in the Oklahoma County Jail, Appellant grabbed a nurse and demanded that the jailers open the gates and release him from custody. When his demands were refused, he cut the woman several times on her hands and neck with a knife, which he had made out of an aluminum meal tray. He released his hostage only after being overpowered by several deputies. As a result of his actions, Appellant was charged with Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon (21 O.S.1981, § 645), Attempted Escape From the County Jail (21 O.S.1981, §…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Spuehler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1985
- Hale v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1988
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
- Jenkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1973
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Hale v. GibsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
- Hale v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1995
- Cannon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1992
- Edwards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1991
- Posey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1991
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