Legal Opinion

Rooks v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided August 31, 1966No. A-13718PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRETT, Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of ■conviction rendered in the district court of Tulsa County against the defendant R. D. Rooks, who was charged with premeditated murder, by having shot one Marion Anita Rooks, causing her death. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and fixed punishment at life imprisonment.

At the outset, counsel for defendant states that the sole question to be determined in this appeal is whether or not the challenge made by the defendant to the entire jury panel should have been sustained.

The statutes here involved with reference to challenges to the jury…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Wood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1910
  2. Rawls v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1951
  3. Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1933

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Parrott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1974
  2. McCormick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1969
  3. Carter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1974
  4. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1974
  5. Moore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1969

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