Legal Opinion
Pruitt v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided November 16, 1955No. A-12194PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRETT, Judge.
The Plaintiff in Error, Robert Odell Pruitt, was charged by information in the District Court of Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, with having committed the crime of murder on the person of his wife, Maurine Howard Pruitt, with a blunt instrument, and a certain loaded .22 rifle, on April 24, 1952; was tried, and pursuant to the verdict of guilty, was sentenced to life imprisonment.
This is a second appeal; the conviction in the former trial was reversed in this court; Pruitt v. State, Okl.Cr., 270 P.2d 351.
The conviction herein complained of is predicated entirely upon circumstantial…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Holman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1953
- Holt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1947
- Turvey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1952
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1953
- Halbert v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1926
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Dodson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1977
- Grimes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1961
- Fields v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1958
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1973
- Fulks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1971
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