Legal Opinion
Riddle v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided September 5, 1962No. A-13099PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRETT, Judge.
This is an appeal by Joe Kenneth Riddle as plaintiff in error, defendant below, from a conviction and sentence of five years in the state penitentiary and a $500 fine for sale of marihuana in violation of 63 O.S. 1951 §§ 451, 452.
The defendant was charged by information in the district court of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, tried by a jury, convicted and his punishment fixed as above stated, with a recommendation that the five-year term be suspended.
The trial court advised the jury that the recommendation would be considered, but could not be followed — that he could only…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Finley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1947
- Holman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1953
- Ex Parte NowabbiCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1936
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Renfro v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
- State v. IntognaArizona Supreme Court · 1966
- Robinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1973
- Tabor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1978
- Mahan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1973
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