Legal Opinion
Ake v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided April 12, 1983No. F-80-523PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUSSEY, Presiding Judge:
The appellant, Glen Burton Ake, also known as Johnny Vandenover, was convicted by a jury in Canadian County, Oklahoma, of two counts of Murder in the First Degree and two counts of Shooting with Intent to Kill. He was sentenced to death for each of the murder charges, and sentenced to a five-hundred year prison term for each of the shooting with intent to kill counts. He has perfected a timely appeal to this Court.
On the evening of October 15-1979, in search of a suitable house to burgle, the appellant and his accomplice, Stevén Keith Hatch, a/k/a Steve…
2Cases cited55 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by63 opinions
- Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- State v. RossSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1986
- Cartwright v. MaynardCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
- Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1985
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