Legal Opinion
Cannon v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided May 8, 1998No. F-96-369PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STRUBHAR, Yiee-Presiding Judge:
¶ 1 Jemaine Monteil Cannon, Appellant, was tried by jury and convicted of Murder in the first degree (21 O.S.1991, § 701.7(A)), in the District Court of Tulsa County, Case No. CF-95-727, the Honorable Clifford E. Hopper, District Judge, presiding. The jury found four aggravating circumstances 1 and recommended death. The trial court sen-teneed Appellant accordingly. From this Judgment and Sentence, he appeals. 2
FACTS
¶ 2 On February 3, 1995, Appellant stabbed to death his girlfriend, Sharonda Clark. 3 The contested issue at trial was whether Appellant…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Morgan v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Simmons v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Saffle v. ParksSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Simpson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2010
- Lott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2004
- Young v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2000
- Cannon v. MullinCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2004
- Welch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2000
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