Legal Opinion
Stanfield v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided April 11, 1925No. A-4503PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEdwards, J.
The plaintiff in error was charged in the district court of Tulsa county with the crime of murder for the killing of one W. M. Brassfield by shooting. The plaintiff in error admits that he shot the deceased in an altercation after both parties had been drinking considerably, but he claims the shooting was in self-defense, and also contends that the shot was not fatal, and was not the cause of the death of the deceased, and that deceased died from alcoholic and fusel oil poisoning. The jury found the plaintiff in error guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and fixed his punishment at four…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. RuleCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1914
- Gibbons v. TerritoryCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
- Miller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1917
- Rogers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1912
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1911
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Roulston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1957
- Lowrey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1948
- Doser v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1949
- Nemecek v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1941
- Herren v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1942
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