Legal Opinion
Jewell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided January 19, 1929No. A-6756PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEdwards, P. J.
The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Adair county of the crime of murder, and his punishment fixed at death.
The first assignment of error argued is that the court erred in denying defendant a change of venue. In his application, defendant made affidavit that the minds of the people of Adair county were so prejudiced ag'ainst him that he could not have a fair trial, because of lurid accounts of the homicide carried in the newspapers of that county and widely circulated among the people. This application does not set out the facts…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Mays v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1920
- Noel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1920
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1926
- Westbrook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1918
- Queen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1922
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Abby v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1941
- Prather v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1943
- Rawls v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1948
- Story v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1941
- Porter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1943
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