Legal Opinion

Cobbs v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided May 15, 1981No. F-79-419PublishedCited by 64 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CORNISH, Judge:

The appellant was convicted of Armed Robbery in Tulsa County District Court Case No. CRF-77-3478. Punishment was fixed at five (5) years’ imprisonment.

Six allegations of error are alleged, one of which contains sufficient merit to re quire reversal. Although defense counsel failed to object to the numerous instances of prosecutorial misconduct, we conclude that their combined effect was so prejudicial as to adversely affect the fundamental fairness and impartiality of the proceedings and mandate a new trial. See Reeves v. State, 601 P.2d 113 (Okl.Cr.1979).

In view of our…

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Cooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1978
  2. Lewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1977
  3. Reeves v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1979
  4. Robertson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1974

3Cited by64 opinions

  1. Robison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1984
  2. Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1985
  3. Battenfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1991
  4. Smallwood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1995
  5. Coleman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1983

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