Legal Opinion
Harris v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided January 6, 1914No. A-2061PublishedCited by 32 opinions
.Appeal from District Court, Greer County; G. A. Brown, Judge. M. L. Harris was convicted of grand larceny, and appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFurman, J.
First. Counsel for appellant objected and excepted to the instructions of the court on the law of circum-stancial evidence, which instructions are as follows:
“(3) In this case the state relies for a conviction upon circumstantial evidence, and you are instructed that to warrant a conviction upon such evidence each fact necessary to establish the guilt of the defendant must be established by the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt; all the facts relied on must be consistent with each other, and taken together must be of a conclusive nature, leading on the whole' to a ■ satisfactory conclusion,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
- Star v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
- Killough v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
- Jeffries v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
- Abbott v. TerritorySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Young v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1962
- Bell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1962
- Maddox v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1916
- Gransden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1916
- Hutchins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1917
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