Legal Opinion
Chambless v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided February 15, 1950No. A-11057PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJones, P. J.
The defendant, Orval Lindsey Chambless, was charged by an information filed in the district court of Oklahoma county, with the crime of murder, in which said information it is alleged that on January 8, 1947, the said defendant did unlawfully kill one Wilbert Charles Eltzroth.
Upon trial to a jury, the defendant was found guilty of manslaughter in the second degree with the punishment left to the court. The defendant was thereupon sen tenced to serve three years in the State Penitentiary, and has appealed.
The deceased was shot at the home of the defendant in Oklahoma City, about 6:30 a. m.,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Sturgis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
- Montgomery v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1921
- State v. GallagherWashington Supreme Court · 1940
- Foreman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1927
- Donahue v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1927
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Hathcox v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1951
- Henderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1963
- Farley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1950
- Le Blanc v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1952
- Woolridge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1950
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