Legal Opinion
Drake v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided February 7, 1968No. A-13977PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUSSEY, Judge.
Versie Mae Drake, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried and convicted for the crime of Murder in the District Court of Oklahoma County. She was sentenced to life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary on November 5, 1965, and from that judgment and sentence she appeals.
Odessa Thompson was the State’s first witness. She testified that on the evening of December 25, 1964, she went to defendant’s home for egg nog, arriving at about •'8:30 p. m. Shortly thereafter, Mr. and Mrs. Drake had an argument, but this soon passed over. Mrs. Drake asked her husband for…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Morse v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1938
- Woods v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1958
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1975
- Grist v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1973
- Thornburgh v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1991
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