Legal Opinion
Kirby v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided June 16, 1923No. A-3948PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDoyle, J.
In the information in this case,, filed in the district court of Delaware county, A. L. Kirby was charged with the crime of murder, alleged to have been committed in said county on or about the 26th day of September, 1920, by killing one Boone Crawley, by shooting him with a pistol. Upon his trial the jury found him guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and fixed the punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of 10 years. From the judgment rendered in pursuance of the verdict he appeals. The defense was justifiable homicide.
The evidence shows that Crawley and Kirby were…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Burrell v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1857
- Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1873
- Mercer v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1898
- Lewis v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1860
- Gertz v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
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3Cited by18 opinions
- State v. BrookshireSupreme Court of Missouri · 1962
- State v. ZaccagniniWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1983
- Quinn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1932
- Kauz v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
- Schmitt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1935
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