Legal Opinion
Adams v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided July 16, 1937No. A-9170PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBarefoot, J.
The defendant was charged with the crime of mnrder in Osage county. He was charged with killing George Gideon by stabbing him with a knife. The court, after hearing the evidence of the state, upon motion, reduced the charge to manslaughter, and the defendant was found guilty and his punishment fixed at four years in the penitentiary. Prom this judgment he has appealed.
Both the defendant and the deceased had been residents of the small town of Avant in Osage county for many years. The defendant had been a member of the school board, and the deceased and defendant had become embittered by…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Shepard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Gibbons v. TerritoryCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
- McDaniel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912
- Rogers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912
- Cole v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1921
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1940
- Fields v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1947
- Dunbar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1942
- Sheehan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1946
- Holman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1953
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