Legal Opinion
Bruton v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided January 9, 1957No. A-12380PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POWELL, Judge.
On February 3, 1956 an information was-filed in the district court of-Tulsa County charging Betty Lois Hayes, Marion Henry Bruton and Willie Madison, conjointly and while acting in concert with ■ each other, with effecting the death of Ernest Riley on. January 24, 1956, by stabbing him with po.cket knives.
Plaintiff in error, Bruton, hereinafter referred to as defendant, asked for and.was granted a severance, and was tried separately.
The jury, found defendant guilty of the included crime of manslaughter in the first degree, and being unable to agree upon the punishment to be…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Price v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1908
- Roddie v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1921
- Walker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1949
- Goodner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1925
- Runyon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1956
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Henderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1963
- Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1968
- Pueblo v. López JiménezSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1968
- Williamson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1966
- People v. López JiménezSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1968