Scribner v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Pontotoc County; A. T. West, Judge. The plaintiff in error, Dan Scribner, was tried in the district court of Pontotoc County on a charge of murder. He was eon-vietecl, and his punishment fixed at death. —On disqualification of jurors: Johnson v. State, 1 Okla.
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Error from District Court, Pontotoc County; A. T. West, Judge. The plaintiff in error, Dan Scribner, was tried in the district court of Pontotoc County on a charge of murder. He was eon-vietecl, and his punishment fixed at death. —On disqualification of jurors: Johnson v. State, 1 Okla. Or. 321; Bradford v. Territory, 2 Okla. 230; Huntley v. Territory, 7 Okla. 60; State v. Start, 56 Pac. 15; State v. Morrison, 68 Pac. 41. — On disqualification of jurors: -tJohnson v. Slate, 1 Okla. Or. 321; Huntley v. Territory, 7 Okla. 60; Slate v. Saw tell, 10 Am. Grim. Rep. 347; Iiopi v. Utah, 120 IT. S.…
1Opinion of the Court
OWEN, Judge.
There are numerous errors alleged in the petition filed in this case, the most important of which, and the only one necessary to notice here, is assignment No. 17. This assignment appears in the following language:
“The court cued in not affording this plaintiff in error a fair and impartial trial before a fair and impartial jury, as provided in section 20 of the Bill of Rights, in this: That the court overruled this plaintiff in error’s challenge to a number of jurors who stated on their voir dire examination that they had formed an opinion as to the guilt of this plaintiff in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Burrell v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1857
- Johnson v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1865
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1908
- State v. StartSupreme Court of Kansas · 1899
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- State v. JacksonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1964
- Turner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1910
- United States v. ChapmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1946
- Tegeler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
- Mathews v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1921
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