Legal Opinion
Hathcox v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided April 11, 1951No. A-11456PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJones, J.
The defendant, Jearell Hathcox, alias Bud Hathcox, was jointly charged with Clay Wallace Ward and Herman Lamon Barnett with the murder of one Martin Lyle- Shaffer, allegedly committed shortly after midnight on February 1, 1950', by means of a .32 caliber Colt automatic pistol while committing an assault upon and robbery of the said Shaffer in which a .38 caliber Smith and Wesson revolver was taken from Shaffer. A severance was granted. The defendant Hathcox was tried to a jury which returned a verdict of guilty with the punishment assessed at death in the electric chair. From the judgment…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Price v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1908
- Kennamer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1936
- Mulkey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
- Warren v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1923
- Orville Little v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1941
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Dutton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1984
- Harvell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1964
- Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1976
- Disheroon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1960
- Grimes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1961
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