Legal Opinion

Allen v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided May 8, 1919No. A-2841PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from District Court; Love County; '* W. F. Freeman, Judge. John Allen was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and he appeals.'

1Opinion of the CourtDoyle, P. J.

This appeal is prosecuted from a conviction had in the district court of Love county in which plaintiff in error, John Allen, was found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, and his punishment assessed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for. the period of 21 years.

The information jointly charged that in said county on the 28th day of November, 1915, John Allen and Tom Canty, while acting together in the commission of a felony, to wit, joint robbery, did kill and murder one Pete Roland,- by shooting him with a pistol.

The evidence shows: That Sunday afternoon and evening on the date…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Cheadle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1915
  2. Gentry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1915
  3. Sibenaler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1915

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1926
  2. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1944
  3. Chastain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1930
  4. Lovejoy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1921
  5. Morris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1939

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