Legal Opinion
Naum v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided June 24, 1981No. F-80-38PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUSSEY, Judge:
Appellant, James Naum, was charged with Murder in the Second Degree in Tulsa County District Court Case No. CRF-78-144, but he was convicted of Manslaughter in the First Degree and sentenced to twenty (20) years’ imprisonment. A timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.
The evidence at trial established that the body of appellant’s estranged wife, Marie, was found in her west-side Tulsa apartment on January 17, 1978. An autopsy revealed that the cause of death was either strangulation or heart failure due to pressure applied to nerves in the victim’s neck. The time…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Kitchens v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1973
- United States v. Albert A. LawrenceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
- Frazier v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
- Schneider v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1975
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Workman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1991
- Beshears v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1987
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