Legal Opinion
Benton v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided February 18, 1948No. A-10742PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBbett, J.
Defendant, Leroy Benton, a Negro, was charged by information with the murder of Panta Lou Liles, in Tulsa county, Oklahoma, on March 15, 1945. The information alleged that said murder was effected by means of a certain heavy, blunt instrument with which the defendant allegedly inflicted certain wounds about Panda Lou Liles’ head from which she did die. To the information the defendant on arraignment pleaded not guilty. He was tried, convicted of murder, and his punishment fixed by the jury at life imprisonment. From the judgment and sentence based thereon the defendant perfected this appeal.
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2Cases cited21 opinions
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3Cited by22 opinions
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