Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided August 7, 1936No. A-9011PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavenport, J.
Appellant, Lawrence Mitchell, was indicted, charged with the murder of James Williams. Upon a trial had, the jury found Lawrence Mitchell guilty of murder and fixed his punishment at death. Motion for new trial was duly filed and overruled, and in pursuance of the verdict of the jury he was sentenced to suffer death by electrocution as provided by law. The plaintiff in error in this opinion will be referred to as the defendant.
The testimony on behalf of the state shows the defendant Lawrence Mitchell and the deceased, James Williams, and Ernest Leslie were in a car together; Leslie stated the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Norris v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Gibson v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Carter v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Tarrance v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Powell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1936
- Moore v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1942