Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided June 30, 1995No. F-91-433PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STRUBHAR, Judge:
Benny Dwight Jones, Appellant, was tried by jury in the District Court of Okmulgee County, Case No. CRF-90-144, before the Honorable Anne Moroney, District Judge.1 Jones was convicted of Murder in the first degree (21 O.S.Supp.1989, § 701.7(B)), Possession of a Stolen Vehicle (47 O.S.1981, § 4-103), Knowingly Concealing Stolen Property (21 O.S.1981, § 1713), and Using a Weapon in the Commission of a Crime (21 O.S.Supp. 1982, § 1287). The jury recommended death for murder in the first degree after finding the existence of three aggravating circumstances2, five (5) years…
2Cases cited67 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. MatlockSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Morgan v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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3Cited by20 opinions
- David Leon Cummings v. Edward Evans, Warden Attorney General of the State of OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- Douglas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1997
- Welch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2000
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2001
- Frederick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2001
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