Legal Opinion

Vavra v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided May 2, 1973No. A-17516PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BLISS, Presiding Judge:

Appellant, Wendell Vernon Vavra, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried, and convicted in the District Court of Tulsa County, Case No. CRF-71-1842, for the crime of Murder, arising out of the death of one Meraldine C. Blackley. He was sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary in accordance with the verdict of the jury, and a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

At the trial Earl Bullard testified for the State that on October 8 and 9, 1971, that he lived in apartment # 1 at 24½ East Fairview in Tulsa,…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Sandefur v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1969
  4. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1962
  5. Brewer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1966

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Irvin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
  2. Driskell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1983
  3. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1975
  4. Stafford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1983
  5. Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1975

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