Smith v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUSSEY, Judge:
Phillip DeWitt Smith was convicted by a jury in Muskogee County District Court of Murder in the First Degree. The jury found the existence of three aggravating circumstances in accordance with 21 O.S. 1981, § 701.12 and recommended that the death penalty be imposed. The sentence was assessed accordingly by the trial court.
The residents of a four unit apartment complex were awakened in the early morning hours of November 4, 1983, to sounds of groaning and what sounded like people struggling. It was not until that afternoon that the body of Matthew Taylor was found in his…
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2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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- Chaney v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
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