Legal Opinion
Stafford v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided June 20, 1983No. F-79-722PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CORNISH, Judge:
Roger Dale Stafford was convicted on six counts of Murder in the First Degree and sentenced to death.
On July 16, 1978, Roger Stafford, his wife, Verna Stafford, and his brother, Harold Stafford, drove from Tulsa, to Oklahoma City to rob the Sirloin Stockade Restaurant. The trio waited in the restaurant parking lot until all the customers had left. At around 10:00 p.m. they exited their automobile and Roger Stafford knocked on the side door of the restaurant. The manager answered the door and was greeted by Roger and Harold Stafford pointing guns at him. They forced him…
2Cases cited51 opinions
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- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by68 opinions
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