Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Coats v. Johnson
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided June 21, 1979No. P-79-50PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRETT, Judge:
On January 29,1979, the respondent, Seventh Judicial District Judge, Sandra Johnson, declared 10 O.S.Supp.1978, §§ 1104.2 and 1112(b), unconstitutional on the grounds (1) that the statutes deny equal protection of the law; (2) that Section 1112(b) creates a constitutionally impermissible presumption that 16 and 17-year-olds accused of serious crimes should be treated as adults; (3) that the statutes impermissi-bly shift the burden of persuasion on the question of whether a 16 or 17-year-old accused of a serious crime should be treated as a juvenile or as an adult; and (4)…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Kent v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. MurgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Morey v. DoudSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- J. M. R. v. MooreCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
- State Ex Rel. Burns v. SteelyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1979
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