Legal Opinion

Tart v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided September 21, 1981No. F-80-317PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CORNISH, Judge:

Tony Ray Tart was convicted of Burglary in the First Degree, After Former Conviction of a Felony.

The crucial issue raised by the appellant is alleged prosecutorial misconduct. The cornerstone of American jurisprudence is the right to be afforded a fair and impartial trial. This right becomes meaningless if the State is allowed to make inflammatory and prejudicial arguments. Prosecutorial comments should be confined to the evidence presented at trial and any reasonable inferences that can be fairly drawn there*751from. This standard allows the prosecutor wide latitude in…

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Cobbs v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1981
  2. Neal v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1979

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Collier v. State of NevadaNevada Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Omalza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1995
  3. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1983
  4. Cleary v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1997
  5. Huddleston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1985

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