Legal Opinion
Cooper v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided July 3, 1925No. A-5153PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEdwards, J.
For brevity and convenience the plaintiff in error will be referred to as defendant as in the court below.
On the 23d day of April, 1923, Davidson Houston was shot and killed. Thereafter the defendant, Nelson Cooper, and David Nowabbi, both full-blood Choctaw Indians, were arrested, charged with the murder of Houston. A joint information was filed against them, and a severance had. This defendant was convicted of murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment, and duly appealed.
The only question argued in the brief is the admission of a confession of the defendant made in the presence of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bram v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Miller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1917
- Mays v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1920
- Anderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912
- Berry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1910
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Lyons v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1943
- Signs v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1926
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1946
- Fry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1944
- Nowabbi v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1925
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