Roberts v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
1Opinion of the CourtJones, P. J.
The defendant, Jack Roberts, was charged in the district court of Comanche county with the crime of manslaughter in the first degree; was tried, convicted of said offense, and sentenced to serve five years in the State Penitentiary, and has appealed.
This is one of the most tragic cases we have ever reviewed. The defendant, a young man of excellent reputation, was reared on a ranch near Uvalde, Tex. At the outbreak of the recent World War, he enlisted in the United States Army, and was sent for training to Fort Sill, Okla., at which place he was located at the time of the commission of the…
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2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Nail v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1925
- Morris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
- Cooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1937
- Empire Oil & Refining Co. v. FieldsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1940
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