Hoffman v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CORNISH, Presiding Judge:
The appellant was charged with the crime of Murder in the First Degree in the District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, Case No. CRF-77-2813, and convicted of Manslaughter First Degree. Punishment was set at sixty-five (65) years’ imprisonment.
Following a heated argument with the appellant earlier in the day, Phyllis Hoffman, the appellant’s wife, accompanied by two police officers, went to the home of her estranged husband to pick up their children. At his residence another argument ensued. The appellant fatally shot his wife and pointed the weapon at the…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Kitchens v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1973
- Tucker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1971
- Clay v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1979
- Jennings v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1973
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Burleson v. SaffleCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2002
- State v. BarthelmeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2007
- Burleson v. SaffleCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2002
- Cummings v. EvansCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
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