Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Matthews
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided November 12, 1947No. A-10919PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBeett, J.
This is a proceeding in habeas corpus in which the petitioner, Vincent Matthews, seeks to be discharged from the custody-of C. P. Burford, warden of the State Penitentiary. The said custody, as the record discloses, is based upon the facts that the petitioner was charged on January 10, 1931, with the crime of robbery with firearms of J. C. Butler; tried and convicted on January 21, 1931, and sentenced on January 23, 1931, to 50 years in the penitentiary. In the robbery, Butler was shot by the petitioner. From this judgment and sentence, no appeal was taken nor has the judgment and sentence…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- State v. FrisbeeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912
- Ex Parte MeadowsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1940
- Stouse v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
- Hall v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1936
- Ex Parte VanderburgCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1941
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Ex Parte MotleyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1948
- Huntley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1988
- Ex Parte HuntCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1950
- Application of FowlerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1960
- De Wolf v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1953
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