Legal Opinion
Goforth v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided April 20, 1982No. F-80-427PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CORNISH, Judge:
The appellant, Robert Goforth, was tried and convicted in Ottawa County District Court, for Murder in the First Degree. Punishment was set at life imprisonment. His co-defendant, Larry Smith, was sentenced to death in a separate trial.
On September 6, 1977, John Frazier discovered a burned pickup camper near a chat pile approximately two miles north of Picher, Oklahoma. Frazier approached the pickup to investigate and discovered in the rear of the camper, what appeared to be the charred remains of a human body. The police were summoned to the scene and an investigation…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Opper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United States v. WheelerSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. McBratneySupreme Court of the United States · 1882
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1983
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