Legal Opinion
Lewis v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided January 22, 1969No. A-14893PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an original proceeding in which Melvin Alphonzo Lewis seeks habeas corpus release from his present incarceration in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary under authority of judgment and sentence rendered on February 24, 1966, in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, on a jury verdict finding Petitioner guilty of murder and assessing his punishment at death.
A timely appeal of the conviction was filed on behalf of Petitioner, Case No. A-14,029, and on May 31, 1967, this court rendered its opinion affirming the conviction and modifying the sentence to a term of life imprisonment.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Louisiana Ex Rel. Francis v. ResweberSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- George Stine Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1959
- Camara v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Fields v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1972
- Stuart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1974
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