Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided November 14, 1975No. F-74-744PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUSSEY, Judge:
Appellant, Ben Wiley Jones, Jr., hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried and convicted in the District Court, Oklahoma County, Case No. CRF-73-2221, for the offense of First Degree Murder, in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.1974, § 701.1, ¶ 9. In accordance with the provisions of 21 O.S.Supp.1974, § 701.3, defendant was thereafter sentenced to suffer death, and from said judgment and sentence a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.
At the trial, the State endeavored to establish by circumstantial evidence that the defendant committed the offense in an…
2Cases cited62 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- People v. ModestoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1963
- Oxendine v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1958
- Henderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1951
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3Cited by65 opinions
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- Irvin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
- House v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
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