Legal Opinion
Frazier v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided February 20, 1980No. F-78-130PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CORNISH, Presiding Judge:
Robert Lee Frazier was convicted of Murder in the First Degree in the District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, Case No. CRF-77-987, and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Mary Livingston was fatally shot in the chest on the evening of April 19, 1977, in the Tulsa residence where she resided with her daughter, granddaughter and the appellant. The appellant testified that the shotgun, with which the victim was fatally wounded, accidentally discharged when the victim reached for the weapon during a heated argument. Later, the appellant turned himself in at police…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Schneble v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Battle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1970
- Payne v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Burrows v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1982
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1987
- Kennedy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1982
- Tobler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1984
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1983
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