Sweet v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
1Opinion of the CourtBarefoot, J.
The defendant was charged with the crime of murder, in Pittsburg county; was tried, convicted of manslaughter in the second degree, and sentenced to serve a term of four years in the penitentiary, and has appealed.
The first contention of defendant is that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict, and that the court erred in failing to instruct the jury to return a verdict of not guilty.
The record in this case contains 557 pages. We shall give only a brief statement of the main facts, which, to our mind, are convincing that the court did not err in refusing to sustain the motion for…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1908
- Cheadle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1915
- Kent v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912
- Nail v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1925
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1910
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Gregg v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1940
- Abby v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1941
- Bowman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1946
- Hagan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1943
- Akins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1950
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