Legal Opinion
Yancey v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided February 1, 1982No. F-79-519, F-79-520PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRETT, Presiding Judge:
Norma Jean Yancey and John Jonah Haynes have appealed to this Court from their convictions of Murder in the First Degree in the District Court of Okfuskee County, Case No. CRF — 78-25. Oral argument was heard in this Court on December 16, 1981. They raise several alleged errors, and one of them requires reversal.
When the jury retired to deliberate, the trial judge did not dismiss the alternate juror. That person then retired to the jury room with the twelve regular jurors and stayed with them until they had reached a verdict. (She later asserted that she had not…
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- Foreman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1962
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