Legal Opinion
Powell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided September 10, 1936No. A-9032PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavenport, J.
The plaintiff in error was convicted in the district court of Tulsa county of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Motion for new triai ivas filed, and the record properly saved, and the defendant appeals.
The deceased and defendant were both negroes; they met at the home of Frankie Kelly; the defendant, his wife, and a negro by the name of Will Lawson went to the Kelly home prior to the time the deceased and a man by the name of Thomas came; when Thomas and Harry Golds-by came the other parties were all in the front room talking; Thomas and Goldsby came to the back door and knocked, and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Norris v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Gibson v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Carter v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Martin v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. McConvilleIdaho Supreme Court · 1960
- State v. WaltersIdaho Supreme Court · 1940
- Kurn v. CampbellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1941
- Dowell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1952
- Morris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1937
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