Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Dawes
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided September 29, 1925No. A-5510PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDoyle, J.
The petitioner, Lee Dawes, under the writ of habeas corpus issued herein seeks to obtain his release from the custody of the sheriff of Cherokee county.
The petitioner avers that the cause of his unlawful restraint is as follows: That J. T. Parks, district judge for the First judicial district, at Tahlequah, Cherokee county, February 6, 1925, as said district judge, sentenced petitioner to be imprisoned and to pay fines for alleged direct contempts of court, and ordered the sheriff to take him from the room to the county jail; that, after petitioner had been removed from the courtroom, the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- In Re LakeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1924
- Ex Parte SullivanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1914
- Ex parte O'BrienSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- State Ex Rel. Dunn v. PleseWashington Supreme Court · 1925
- Cress v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1918
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Ex Parte OwensCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1927
- White v. GeorgeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
- State Ex Rel. Young v. WoodsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1974
- Moss v. ArnoldCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1938
- Best v. EvansSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1956
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