Legal Opinion
Sholes v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided July 29, 1953No. A-11841PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, P. J.
Augustus Sholes was charged in the district court of Muskogee county with the murder of Nathaniel Pannell, shown by the evidence to have been his second cousin. The jury found him guilty of manslaughter in the first degree, but being unable to agree upon the extent of punishment left this to the court, who assessed a penalty of twelve years confinement in the State Penitentiary.
Evidence offered by the defendant discloses that he is a Negro who served about nine months in World War I; that in 1952 he was 59 years of age and had been suffering from arthritis since in 1947, and was receiving…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lowrey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1948
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1939
- Story v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1941
- Foster v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1944
- Perez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1931
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Carson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1974
- Beavers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1955
- In Re the Habeas Corpus of EllisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1963
- Jasper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1954
- Cook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1961
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