Legal Opinion

Bell v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided December 19, 1962No. A-13186PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRETT, Judge. ■

This is an appeal by Gerald Franklin Bell, defendant below. Bell was charged by information in the district court of Tulsa Comity, Oklahoma with the crime of the murder of Carlos Lemaster on April 3, 1961.

The information alleges that the defendant did willfully, maliciously and feloniously fire from a certain shotgun into the chest of Lemaster, leaden pellets from which he did die. No verdict of the jury appears in the record, but it is apparent from the records before us that he was tried by a jury, convicted of first degree manslaughter and his punishment fixed at 25 years in…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Price v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1908
  2. Ex Parte LewisCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1947
  3. Young v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1962
  4. Disheroon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1960
  5. Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1914

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. Irvin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
  2. Lott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2004
  3. Burrows v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1982
  4. Cooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1995
  5. Gann v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1964

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