Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Barnett
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided June 1, 1937No. 27781PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OSBORN, O. J.
This is an original application in this court by W. J. Barnett for a writ of habeas corpus whereby he seeks to be released from the custody of Stanley Rogers, sheriff of Oklahoma county, who holds him by authority of a warrant issued upon an indictment returned in the district court of said county by a grand jury. The petitioner was indicted for the crime of “corruption in office.”
It appears that the district court of Oklahoma county sustained a motion to quash the indictment for (he following reasons:
“That sections 1778. 9146, and 9163, O. S. 1931, are too vague, indefinite,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ex Parte MeekSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1933
3Cited by6 opinions
- Lawhorn v. RobertsonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1954
- Barnett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1942
- In Re Initiative Petition No. 349, State Question No. 642Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1992
- In Re Initiative Petition No. 349, State Question No. 642Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1992
- Walters v. Oklahoma Ethics CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1987
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