Application of MacOn
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
1Opinion of the Court
POWELL, Presiding Judge.
Robert Macon, petitioner, has applied to this court for a writ of habeas corpus seeking release from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester, where he is serving a sentence by reason of a judgment entered in the district' court of Tulsa County on or about May 13, 1958, according to petitioner, finding defendant guilty of a charge of first degree manslaughter, and sentencing him in accordance with verdict of a jury to serve fifty years.
As grounds for release petitioner alleges, first, that he was convicted for an offense “for which there was no corpus delicti as…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hilyard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1950
- Crossett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1952
- People v. WattersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1927
- Hildebrandt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1920
- Frye v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1923
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Application of MacOnCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1962
- Bryant v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1964
- Skinner v. RainesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1959