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Ex Parte Tidwell

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided December 26, 1951No. A-11595PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.

Charner M. Tidwell, an inmate of the State Penitentiary, now serving on a sentence of thirty years imposed by a jury, seeks a writ of error coram nobis. He had been charged in the district court of Delaware county with murder, but was convicted of the included offense of manslaughter.

This court on two previous occasions has studied various briefs and records submitted by petitioner involving his conviction, and wherein he sought in each instance to obtain a writ of habeas corpus. For details, and in the interest of brevity, see: Tidwell v. State, 88 Okla. Cr. 201, 201 P. 2d 800, and Ex parte…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Burford v. SullivanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1948
  2. State Ex Rel. Mitchell v. SwindallCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1925
  3. Gibson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1948
  4. Ex Parte TidwellCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1950
  5. Ex Parte GoffCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1948

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Hendricks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1956
  2. Cavaness v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1978
  3. Bryant v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1967
  4. In Re TidwellCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1957
  5. Habeas Corpus of TidwellCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1957

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