Legal Opinion
Coffey v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided January 22, 1927No. A-5309PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Carter county on a charge of manslaughter in the first degree, and sentenced to a term of 15 years in the state penitentiary.
A brief statement of facts, as gathered from the record, is about as follows: On the night of February 1, 1924, defendant, who was a constable, attended a dance at the residence of one Hanway, near the little village of Cheek. There was evidence tending to prove he was intoxicated, but this was sharply refuted. Arch Carpenter, who lived at Ardmore, drove an automobile from that…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Payne v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
- Warren v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1923
- Collegenia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
- Maddox v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1916
- Gransden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1916
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Hoppes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1940
- Wallace v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1930
- Landrum v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1953
- Woodruff v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1935
- Murff v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1963
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