Legal Opinion

Application of Riddle

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided January 18, 1956No. A-12239PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POWELL, Judge.

Petitioner sets out that he is at this time incarcerated in the State Penitentiary at McAlester, serving a life sentence by reason of a. conviction in the district court of Comanche County where he had been charged with the crime of murder.

Petitioner sets out that the trial court did not have jurisdiction to .enter the judgment rendered for the reason that allegedly the first day of trial. only ■ eleven jurors were selected, and the court recessed, leaving as-sumedly, the twelfth juror to be selected the following day. But the gist of the complaint is that the. court abused its…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Perry v. WatersCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1953
  2. Riddle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1950
  3. Ex Parte LinamCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1941
  4. Ex Parte NewmanCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1939
  5. Ex Parte SimmonsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1953

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Elbert Riddle v. H. C. McLeod Warden, Oklahoma State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1957
  2. Application of MacOnCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1959
  3. Application of WhatleyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1957
  4. In re TalleyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1964
  5. In re the Habeas Corpus of SimmonsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1957

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