Legal Opinion
Nance v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided September 15, 1992No. F-89-734PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LANE, Presiding Judge:
Appellant, Donald Wayne Nance, was convicted of Murder in the First Degree after a trial by jury in Case No. CRF-85-4577, in the District Court of Oklahoma County. The statutory punishment for the crime was life imprisonment and the trial court sentenced Appellant accordingly. Appellant has raised a number of allegations for our review, however, we find that one issue, the proper instruction of the jury, is dispositive of the case. Accordingly, we will confine our comments to that question.
Following the presentation of the evidence in this case, Appellant orally…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1940
- Broaddrick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1985
- Holt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1955
- Grayson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1984
- Lester v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1965
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Hung Thanh Le v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1997
- Young v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2000
- Hung Thanh Le v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1997
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1998
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1998
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