Legal Opinion
Master v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided June 25, 1985No. F-83-540PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUSSEY, Judge:
The appellant, Rodney Madson Master, also known as William Wallace Troxell, was convicted in the District Court of Comanche County, Case No. CRF-82-812, of Murder in the First Degree for which he received a sentence of life imprisonment and he appeals.
Briefly stated, the facts are that on October 20, 1982, the • appellant and Cornel Cooks, the co-defendant, broke into eighty-seven-year-old Jennie Ridling’s mobile home some time after midnight. Discovering Ms. Ridling in her bedroom, Cooks struggled with her and sent the appellant to “get a towel or something to keep her…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Parker v. RandolphSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- People v. CarterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1957
- Oxendine v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1958
- United States ex rel. Stanbridge v. ZelkerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by43 opinions
- VanWoundenberg v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1986
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1986
- Shelton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1990
- Banks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1991
- Hammon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1995
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