Legal Opinion
Wagers v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided April 4, 1962No. A-13043PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRETT, Judge.
This is an appeal by Cora Lea Wagers as plaintiff in error herein, defendant below. As defendant, she was charged by information in the district court of Cherokee County, Oklahoma with the murder of James Calvin McGowan, allegedly committed on May 30, 1957 in said county and state. The crime was committed by shooting the decedent in the temple with a .22 rifle while he was either asleep or had passed out. She was tried by a jury, convicted and her punishment fixed at life imprisonment in the penitentiary. Judgment and sentence was entered accordingly.
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- Kempe v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945
- Stouse v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
- Queenan v. Territory of OklahomaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1901
- Brede v. PowersSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Reynolds v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1978
- Gann v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1964
- Kiddie v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1977
- Edwards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1991
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1979
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