Legal Opinion
Staggs v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided January 8, 1991No. F-87-286PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRETT, Judge:
David Mack Staggs, appellant, was tried by jury for the crime of Murder in the First Degree, in violation of 21 O.S.1981, § 701.7, in Case No. CRF-86-49 in the District Court of Beckham County. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and set punishment at life imprisonment. From this judgment and sentence, appellant has perfected this appeal.
On April 12, 1982, a body that had been shot and which was later identified as Scott McCance, was found in a roadside ditch south of Elk City. The appellant had been seen with McCance on April 3, 1982, when they left the residence of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Munson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1988
- Plunkett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1986
- Franks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1981
- Newsted v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1986
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Anthony Jerome Harris v. Ron Champion, Warden Susan Brimmer Loving , Attorney General for the State of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
- Hawkins v. GibsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2002
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