Legal Opinion
Akins v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided March 1, 1950No. A-11078PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrett, J.
Earl Akins, defendant below, was charged by information with the crime of murder. It was alleged he killed his son-in-law Monroe Pierce on September 1, 1947, in Kingston, Marshall county, Okla.
The crime occurred iii Pierce’s living room just after dark. There were only two competent eyewitnesses to the killing, the defendant and his daughter, Mrs. Pierce, wife of the victim of the crime. Mrs. Pierce testified for the state. She was unwilling, unco-operative and all but hostile.
The state’s evidence discloses that Pierce and Akins were partners in the operation of a beer parlor about a mile…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Winfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1920
- Foreman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1927
- Lee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1939
- Donahue v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1927
- Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1949
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Omalza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1995
- Battle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1970
- Pitts v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1966
- Woods v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1968
- Gillaspy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1953
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