Legal Opinion

Cartwright v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided January 7, 1985No. F-82-758PublishedCited by 74 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BUSSEY, Presiding Judge:

William Thomas Cartwright was charged in the District Court of Muskogee County, Oklahoma, for the crimes of Murder in the First Degree, and Shooting with Intent to Kill, Case No. CRF-82-192. He was granted a change of venue to Cherokee County, Oklahoma. The jury before which he was tried returned verdicts of guilt on both counts, sentenced him to death for the murder, and to a term of seventy-five years’ imprisonment for the shooting. He was sentenced accordingly.

The appellant began working for the victims in this case, Hugh and Charma Riddle, in their Muskogee…

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2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Proffitt v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Godfrey v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by74 opinions

  1. Maynard v. CartwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. Stouffer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1987
  3. Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1986
  4. Cartwright v. MaynardCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
  5. VanWoundenberg v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1986

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