Legal Opinion

Eddings v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided July 30, 1984No. C-78-325Published

1Opinion of the Court

688 P.2d 342 (1984)

Monty Lee EDDINGS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee.

No. C-78-325.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

July 30, 1984.

Rehearing Denied October 12, 1984.

Jay C. Baker, Tulsa, for appellant.

Michael C. Turpen, Atty. Gen., David W. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, for appellee.

OPINION

BRETT, Judge:

On April 4, 1977, the appellant, a sixteen-year-old juvenile, shot and killed Highway Patrol Trooper Crabtree on the Turner Turnpike with a sawed-off .410 gauge shotgun. The crime occurred when Trooper Crabtree stopped appellant for a routine traffic violation. After the…

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2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  5. Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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