Legal Opinion
Melton v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided June 4, 1932No. A-8368PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChappell, J.
Plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was convicted in the district court of Carter county of the crime of stealing an automobile, and his punishment fixed by the jury at imprisonment in the state penitenitary for a period of 11 years at hard labor.
Defendant contends first that the court erred in overruling his demurrer to the information for the reason that it is contradictory, repugnant, and undertakes to charge two offenses in one and the same count.
The true test of the sufficiency of an indictment or information is. not whether it might possibly have been made more…
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2Cases cited19 opinions
- Watson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912
- Miller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
- Warren v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1923
- Corliss v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1916
- Martin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1926
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3Cited by5 opinions
- McGregor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1994
- Parrott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1971
- Alberty v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1939
- Wingfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1934
- McGregor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1994