Legal Opinion
Riggs v. Branch
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided September 2, 1976No. H-76-536PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Jackie R. Riggs petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus, requesting that he be released from illegal restraint by the above named respondent as he is being held to answer the charge of Murder in the First Degree, 21 O.S.Supp.1973, § 701.1, filed by preliminary information in the Gar-vin County District Court and that this Statute has been declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court on July 6, 1976, in Williams v. Oklahoma, 75-6639,-U.S.-, 96 S.Ct. 3218, 49 L.Ed. 2d-; Justus v. Oklahoma, 75-6452,-U.S.-, 96 S.Ct. 3216, 49 L.Ed.2d-; Rowbotham v. Oklahoma,…
3Cases cited13 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Jurek v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Proffitt v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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4Cited by56 opinions
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