Legal Opinion
Bias v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided February 16, 1977No. F-75-365PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Appellant, Thomas Andrew Bias, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged conjointly with five co-defendants in the District Court, Creek County, Case No. CRF-74-123, for the offense of Murder in the First Degree, in violation of 21 O.S. Supp.1973, § 701.1(2). Defendant was tried separately, convicted and sentenced to death. From said judgment and sentence a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.
At some dark hour during the night of June 19-20, 1974, Mrs. Susan Bush, an elderly Creek County widow, died. Her body was found among charred remnants of her fire-destroyed…
3Cases cited32 opinions
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- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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4Cited by25 opinions
- Irvin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
- Maghe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
- Master v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1985
- In re F. S.Alaska Supreme Court · 1978
- Allison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1983
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