Holt v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
1Opinion of the CourtJones, J.
The defendant, Claude B. Holt, was charged by information filed in the district court of Carter county with the crime of murder, was tried, convicted of manslaughter in the first degree and sentenced to serve a term of six years in the State Penitentiary, and has appealed.
The defendant called John McClure Winston from his trailer home in Ardmore about 10 p.m. on Sunday, July 2, 1944, fired two shots into his body which caused his death a few hours later. The deceased belonged to the religious sect known as Jehovah’s Witnesses. He was a graduate of Rice Institute with a degree in Electrical…
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2Cases cited28 opinions
- State v. FrisbeeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912
- Stouse v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
- People v. MetheverCalifornia Supreme Court · 1901
- Miller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
- Manning v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912
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- Riggle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1978
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