Legal Opinion
Drew v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided February 28, 1989No. F-87-198PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUSSEY, Judge:
Karen June Drew, appellant, was convicted of Murder in the First Degree in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CRF-85-374, in violation of 21 O.S. Supp.1982, § 701.7(C). In accordance with the jury’s recommendation, she was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment. From said judgment and sentence, appellant appeals to this Court.
During the lunch hour on January 15, 1985, David Drew was phoned at work by the appellant, then his wife. The appellant informed Mr. Drew that their fourteen month-old daughter, Patricia, had fallen from a couch, was unconscious and…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Brasfield v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Spuehler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1985
- Burks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1979
- Riley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1988
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Battenfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1991
- Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1989
- Snow v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1994
- Revilla v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1994
- Barnett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1993
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