Legal Opinion
Tucker v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided June 30, 1939No. A-9396PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBarefoot, J.
The defendant was charged in Seminole county with the crime of murder; was tried, convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and his punishment assessed by the jury at ten years in the penitentiary, and has appealed.
This charge is based upon the fact that defendant, on the night of October 26, 1936, while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, and in the operation of his automobile, killed Hugh Reynolds, a special deputy sheriff, upon Highway No. 270, between Seminole and Shawnee, and in Seminole county.
The facts were that many people were returning from a football game, and an…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Morris v. TerritoryCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
- Coleman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
- Sandy White v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Newby v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1920
- Ryan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Tarter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1961
- Hain v. GibsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2002
- McHam v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2005
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1973
- Igo v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1954
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