Legal Opinion
Riley v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided July 12, 1935No. A-8859PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEdwards, J.
Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted of murder in the district court of Pittsburg county and his punishment fixed at death. In the latter part o-f June, 1934, three young men, Hobart Watkins, Homer Beasley, and Bill Gann were shot and killed near the little town of Canadian. The three were killed in the same manner; that is, by a single discharge of a shotgun. In each case the shot took effect in the side or back part of the head, and in each case death was instantaneous. The defendant and these young men had grown up and had gone to school together. All were…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Sturgis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
- Howey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
- Ryal v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1919
- McDaniel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1926
- Murrell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1926
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Roulston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1957
- Doser v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1949
- Darks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1954
- Bradley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1977
- Pinnick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
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