Legal Opinion

Wilson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided September 8, 1919No. A-3412PublishedCited by 35 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Carter County; W. F. Freeman, Judge. Jim Wilson was convicted of murder and appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtDoyle, P. J.

This is an appeal from a conviction of murder and judgment and sentence of death. The information charged that Jim Wilson did, in Carter county, on or about the 2d day of April, 1918, kill and murder one Oscar Kyle by striking and beating him on the head with an iron bolt, thereby inflicting a mortal wound. On May 24, 1918, in pursuance of the verdict of the jury, he was sentenced to suffer death by electrocution as provided by law.

On behalf of plaintiff in error it is argued that the evidence does not justify the verdict rendered, and that er rors were committed upon the trial which require…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. ReinhartOregon Supreme Court · 1895
  2. State v. CampbellSupreme Court of Kansas · 1906
  3. Koontz v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1914
  4. Owen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1917
  5. Anderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. State v. SpencerIdaho Supreme Court · 1953
  2. Mays v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1920
  3. Murphy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1941
  4. State v. WilsonIdaho Supreme Court · 1932
  5. State v. GarneyIdaho Supreme Court · 1928

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