Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided January 22, 1958No. A-12501PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POWELL, Judge.
The defendant, Rex Talmadge Jones, was charged in the district court of Tulsa County with the violation of the narcotic laws of the State, to-wit: 63 O.S.1951 I 408. He was tried before a jury and convicted, but the jury left the punishment to be assessed by the court, who imposed a sentence of two years in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, and a fine of $500.
For reversal numerous specifications of error are advanced, as will hereinafter appear.
It is first urged that the information was insufficient to state an offense under the laws of Oklahoma. The pertinent portion reads:
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2Cases cited28 opinions
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Grimm v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Price v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1908
- State v. RuleCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1914
- Roulston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1957
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State v. ReyesArizona Supreme Court · 1965
- State v. ReyesArizona Supreme Court · 1965
- Agee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1977
- Wolf v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1962
- Duin v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
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