Harris v. Oklahoma

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1977-06-29

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Per Curiam. A clerk in a Tulsa, Okla., grocery store was shot and killed by a companion of petitioner in the course of a robbery of the store by the two men. Petitioner was convicted of felony-murder in Oklahoma State court. The opinion of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals in this case states that β€œ[i]n a felony murder case, the proof of the underlying felony [here robbery with firearms] is needed to prove the intent ne…

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