Legal Opinion
Spivey v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided June 13, 1940No. A-9668PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDoyle, P. J.
Appellant, Ed. W. Spivey, was tried and convicted in the district court in and for Oklahoma county, for having accepted a bribe as a member of the board of education of the city of Oklahoma City, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for the term of ten years.
The assignments of error are that the court erred in overruling the motion to quash the indictment and in overruling the demurrer thereto; that the verdict of guilty is not sustained by sufficient evidence, and is contrary to law, in that the conviction was had upon the uncorroborated testimony of self-confessed…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- State v. SowardsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1938
- Moody v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1917
- Underwood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1926
- State v. WomackWashington Supreme Court · 1892
- Boyer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1939
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Doser v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1949
- Finley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1947
- Samples v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1959
- Wilkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1940
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1946
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