Legal Opinion
Diaz v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided November 6, 1986No. F-83-731PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRETT, Judge:
Mario Diaz, the appellant, was convicted of First Degree Murder in the commission of Robbery With A Dangerous Weapon pursuant to the felony-murder doctrine codified at 21 O.S.1981, § 701.7(B). Appellant was tried by jury in Cleveland County District Court, Case No. CRF-82-938, before the Honorable Alan Couch. The jury returned a sentence of life imprisonment.
On February 1,1982, appellant boarded a plane in Tucson, Arizona, and flew to Oklahoma City to meet with Dr. Harold Wurst. Appellant was having financial problems and Dr. Wurst, a former co-worker, apparently agreed to…
2Cases cited64 opinions
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- Lockhart v. McCreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Geders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Spuehler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1985
- Grigsby v. MabryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
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