Frye v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CORNISH, Presiding Judge:
The appellants, Dorothy Collins Frye and Richard Frye, hereinafter referred to as Collins and Frye, appeal from a conviction in the District Court, Murray County, Case No. CRF-77-18, for Murder in the First Degree. Punishment for both appellants was set at life imprisonment.
The State’s case rested upon evidence that Frye and Collins were having a love affair and successfully contracted for the murder of Collins’ husband, Wayne Collins, so they could marry. The conviction of Richard Frye is affirmed, but because of the State’s failure to connect Dorothy Collins…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Sturgis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
- Shapard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1967
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3Cited by46 opinions
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- Hale v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1988
- McCoy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
- Glossip v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2007
- Brecheen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1987
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