Sexson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
1Opinion of the Court
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CORNISH, Presiding Judge:
After having been charged with Murder in the First Degree for the killing of his wife, the Appellant was found guilty by a jury of First Degree Manslaughter and assessed a sentence of two hundred (200) years in the District Court of Tulsa County in Case No. CRF-78-1030. This was a brutal homicide. Debbie Sexson was asphyxiated by strangulation and suffocation, and, in addition, received numerous postmortem stab wounds. In defense, the appellant claimed no recollection of the homicide by reason of being under the influence of paint fumes.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Collins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1965
- Holloway v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1979
- Turner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1976
- Tabor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1978
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3Cited by6 opinions
- VanWoundenberg v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1986
- Rushing v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1984
- Koonce v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1985
- Edwards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1982
- Sexson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
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