Legal Opinion
Lumpkin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided June 18, 1984No. F-83-181PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Norma Jane Lumpkin was charged with Murder in the First Degree for the killing of her husband, Gilbert Lumpkin. She was tried by a jury in Tulsa County District Court; and upon her conviction, her punishment was assessed as life imprisonment.
In the morning of April 7, 1981, the appellant’s husband was beaten to death with a blunt object which the State theorized to be a baseball bat found in the Lump-kin residence.
It was normal for the decedent to carpool to work with his neighbor, Chester Schaef-fer, who worked for the same company as decedent. Mr. Schaeffer testified that decedent…
3Cases cited15 opinions
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- Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. Brignoni-PonceSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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4Cited by19 opinions
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