Legal Opinion
State v. O'Dell Fowler
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided January 4, 1967No. 1602PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERNSTEIN, Chief Justice.
Defendant appeals from a conviction in the Superior Court of Maricopa County of first degree murder within the meaning of A.R.S. § 13-452. He has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
For a number of years the defendant, although unmarried, had been living with one Miss Birdie McCoy Miller. On July 15, 1964 the defendant while sitting in Eastlake Park in the City of Phoenix, observed one Willie Lee Smith, with whom he had had previous “run-ins”, heading toward a home where Birdie Miller was visiting. With suspicions aroused, the defendant left the park, obtained a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- William B. Barbee v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- United States of America Ex Rel. Thomas Meers, Relator-Appellee v. Walter H. Wilkins, Warden of Attica State Prison, Attica, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- United States of America Ex Rel. Cleveland Thompson v. Charles L. Dye, Warden, Allegheny County JailCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1955
- Francis J. Curran, Francis J. Maguire and Ira F. Jones, Jr. v. State of DelawareCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by34 opinions
- State v. MaloneyArizona Supreme Court · 1970
- State v. BowenArizona Supreme Court · 1969
- Hale v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1967
- State v. CountermanCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1969
- State v. AltmanArizona Supreme Court · 1971
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