Legal Opinion

Eddings v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided July 30, 1984No. C-78-325PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BRETT, Judge:

On April 4, 1977, the appellant, a sixteen-year-old juvenile, shot and killed Highway Patrol Trooper Crabtree on the Turner Turnpike with a sawed-off .410 gauge shotgun. The crime occurred when Trooper *343Crabtree stopped appellant for a routine traffic violation. After the juvenile was certified to stand trial as an adult and the certification order was affirmed by this Court, In re M.E., 584 P.2d 1340 (Okl.Cr.1978), appellant, upon advice of counsel, waived a jury trial and entered a plea of nolo contendere. At the conclusion of the presentation of evidence relevant to…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. WilliamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  5. Missouri Ex Rel. Gaines v. CanadaSupreme Court of the United States · 1938

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Evans v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  2. State v. BiegenwaldSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1987
  3. Steven Keith Hatch v. State of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
  4. Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1986
  5. Ross v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1986

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