Legal Opinion
Application of Fowler
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided November 7, 1960No. A-12790PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRETT, Judge.
This is an original action for writ of habeas corpus brought by E. L. (Lefty) Fowler seeking release from the penitentiary from a life sentence for the murder of Helen Beavers. The murder was com mitted in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma, on January 23, 1948. Helen Beaver’s body, badly beaten, was found in the turtle hack of an automobile belonging to a party not connected with the crime. The body having been placed there by the petitioner. Lefty Fowler, at the time of the murder was a Duncan policeman. He confessed the crime, was tried and convicted by a jury in Stephens…
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3Cited by18 opinions
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