Legal Opinion
Cox v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided May 4, 1982No. F-78-55, F-78-56PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CORNISH, Judge:
Venory Cox, appellant was convicted of Murder in the First Degree and sentenced to death.
In 1972, the appellant obtained a divorce from his wife, Pearl Mae Cox, after twenty-five years of marriage. On August 14, 1977, he went to his ex-wife’s residence and observed her in bed with her boyfriend, Mr. Sanders. Cox immediately left the house and retrieved a pistol from his car. He returned minutes later and shot and killed his ex-wife and her boyfriend, while they lay asleep in bed.
The appellant argues that he was denied due process and equal protection by the trial court’s…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States Ex Rel. Smith v. BaldiSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Eddings v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Hogue v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1982
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