Legal Opinion
Galbert v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided December 8, 1954No. A-12068PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Judge.
The defendant, Ray Galbert, was charged by an information filed in the District Court of Pontotoc County with the crime of murder, was tried, convicted of manslaughter in the first degree and pursuant to the verdict of the jury, was sentenced to serve 25 years in the penitentiary and has appealed.
The defendant, Galbert, an unmarried man, and the deceased, Robert Hightower, were next door neighbors on August 29, 1953. They were negroes. About 9:00 P.M. on that date, the defendant fired one shot from a shotgun out of a window in defendant’s home and struck the deceased who was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Hathcox v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1951
- Bird v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1922
- Yeager v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1929
- Powell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1949
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Bryant v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1974
- Crabtree v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1958
- Lime v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1973
- Crabtree v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1958
- Crabtree v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1958
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