Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided March 3, 1983No. F-78-604PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUSSEY, Presiding Judge:
Appellant, William Denton Jones, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was convicted of Murder in the First Degree in the District Court of Garfield County, in Case No. CRF-78-487. The jury sentenced him to death after hearing evidence of aggravating and mitigating circumstances. In accordance with 21 O.S.1981, § 701.13, this Court has reviewed both the appropriateness of the sentence of death and the errors of law raised on appeal.
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THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED AT THE TRIAL
In his first assignment of error the defendant challenges the sufficiency…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. HenrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Humphrey v. CadySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- People v. Gary W.California Supreme Court · 1971
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3Cited by58 opinions
- Robison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1984
- Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1986
- VanWoundenberg v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1986
- Ross v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1986
- Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1985
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