Legal Opinion
Coleman v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided September 19, 1983No. F-79-600PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUSSEY, Presiding Judge:
Charles Troy Coleman was convicted of Murder in the First Degree, in Muskogee County District Court, Case No. CRF-79-76. In the second stage of the trial, pursuant to 21 O.S.1981, § 701.10, the jury assessed the death penalty.
At approximately 4:15 p.m. on February 9, 1979, John Seward was found in the basement of his sister’s home, dead as a result of a single shotgun wound to the back of his head. His wife, Roxie Seward, was found next to him, dead as a result of four shotgun wounds inflicted from only inches away. Determined to be missing from the home of Mr.…
2Cases cited49 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by61 opinions
- Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1986
- Cartwright v. MaynardCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
- VanWoundenberg v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1986
- Coleman v. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
- Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1985
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