Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided October 28, 1986No. F-83-9PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUSSEY, Judge:
The appellant, Lois Nadean Smith, was convicted in the District Court of Sequoyah County, Case No. CRF-82-104, of Murder in the First Degree for which she received a sentence of death.
The evidence shows that the appellant, her son Greg, and Teresa Baker picked up Cindy Baillee at a Tahlequah motel early on the morning of July 4, 1982. Baillee had been Greg’s girlfriend, but allegedly had made threats to have him killed.
As the group drove away from the motel, appellant confronted Ms. Baillee with rumors that she had arranged for Greg’s murder. When Ms. Baillee denied…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- McDougall v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Chaney v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
- Robison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1984
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3Cited by63 opinions
- Woodruff v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1993
- Castro v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1987
- Mitchell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1994
- Fisher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1987
- Lonnie Joe Dutton v. John N. Brown and the Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Amicus CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
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