Bechtel v. State

Decided July 1, 1987. Ed Parks Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

738 P.2d 559 · Cited 64 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Tobler v. State · 688 P.2d 350
• Stout v. State · 693 P.2d 617
• Chandler v. State · 572 P.2d 285
• Sonnier v. State · 597 P.2d 771

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• Dodd v. State · 2004 OK CR 31
• Smith v. State · 932 P.2d 521
• Short v. State · 1999 OK CR 15
• Lockett v. State · 2002 OK CR 30
• Washington v. State · 989 P.2d 960
• Wackerly v. State · 2000 OK CR 15
• Lewis v. State · 1998 OK CR 24
• Gilbert v. State · 951 P.2d 98
• Bechtel v. State · 840 P.2d 1
• Wood v. State · 1998 OK CR 19
• BENCH v. STATE · 2018 OK CR 31
• Cummings v. State · 1998 OK CR 45
• Carol v. State · 756 P.2d 614
• Anderson v. State · 1999 OK CR 44
• ASHTON v. STATE · 400 P.3d 887
• VANDERPOOL v. STATE · 2018 OK CR 39
• RUNNELS v. STATE · 2018 OK CR 27
• Harney v. State · 2011 OK CR 10
• Stewart v. State · 757 P.2d 388
• McCarty v. State · 1999 OK CR 24

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