Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided January 17, 1951No. A-11225PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJones, J.
The defendant, Henry Waldo Williams, was charged by an information filed in the district court of Oklahoma county with the crime of rape in the first degree allegedly committed upon Mildred Lawson, an eight year old girl in Oklahoma City.
Pursuant to the verdict of the jury the defendant was sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary, and has appealed.
The evidence of the state established that Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Lawson lived in a small three room house at 736 S. E. 6th street in the Walnut Grove Addition to Oklahoma City. About 9:00 p. m. on the night of July 27,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Lyons v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Commonwealth v. ClarkSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Lyons v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1943
- People v. HayesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1937
- Roeser v. PeaseSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
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3Cited by36 opinions
- State v. DriverSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1962
- Steve M. Solomon, Jr., Inc. v. EdgarCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955
- Paramore v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1969
- Commonwealth v. WatsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Fikes v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
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