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Walker v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided December 11, 1915No. A-2255PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Wagoner County; R. C. Allen, Judge. Dotson Walker, was convicted of rape and appeals. An indictment, charging plaintiff in error ;with the crime of rape upon one Bessie Burgess, was presented in the District 'Court of Wagoner county, August 15, 1913. The crime of rape in the first degree is therein charged to have been committed by the defendant on the 15th day of September, 1911.’ A statement of the case and the material testimony id as follows:…

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Appeal from District Court, Wagoner County; R. C. Allen, Judge. Dotson Walker, was convicted of rape and appeals. An indictment, charging plaintiff in error ;with the crime of rape upon one Bessie Burgess, was presented in the District 'Court of Wagoner county, August 15, 1913. The crime of rape in the first degree is therein charged to have been committed by the defendant on the 15th day of September, 1911.’ A statement of the case and the material testimony id as follows: “Q. How old are you, Bessie? A. . Nine. “Q. Where do you live, Bessie? A. With Mr. Cole. “Q. Where were you. brought…

1Opinion of the CourtDoyle, P. J.

This was an indictment presented in the District Court of Wagoner county, August 15, 1913, against Dotson Walker, plaintiff in error, for rape, alleged to have been committed on or about the 15th day of September, 1911, upon the person of Bessie Burgess, a female child under the age of fourteen years. On a trial before a jury the defendant was found guilty of rape in the first degree as charged in the indictment and his term of imprisonment in the penitentiary was fixed at ten years. The court overruled a motion for a new trial and rendered judgment on the verdict, to reverse which the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Adams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State v. WilsonWyoming Supreme Court · 1924
  2. Gregg v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1940
  3. Schaff v. CoyleSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925
  4. Daves v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1943
  5. People v. InmanMichigan Supreme Court · 1946

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