Legal Opinion
Chastain v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided January 31, 1930No. A-6936PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavenport, J.
The plaintiffs in error, hereinafter for convenience called the defendants, were charged by information with the crime of murder, and the defendant Denzil Chastain was convicted of murder and his punishment fixed at life imprisonment. The defendant Bert Pope was found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and his punishment fixed at confinement in the state penitentiary for forty years. Each of the defendants filed a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and his appeal was perfected by the filing of petition in error and case-made in this court.
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- Price v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1908
- Bilton v. TerritoryCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
- Morehead v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1915
- Smith v. Territory of OklahomaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1902
- Allen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1919
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Lowrey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1948
- Hathcox v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1951
- Frazee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1944
- Coppage v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1943
- Bishop v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1978
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