# Hammon v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · March 28, 2000 · 999 P.2d 1082

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9541572

## Case

- **Full name:** Richard Eugene HAMMON, Appellant, v. STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
- **Decided:** March 28, 2000
- **Citations:** 999 P.2d 1082; 2000 OK CR 7; 2000 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 7; 2000 WL 310272
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Strubhar
- **Judges:** Lile, Lumpkin, Johnson, Strubhar, Chapel
- **Cited by:** 18 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- describing robbery as general-intent crime

## Opinion text

STRUBHAR, Presiding Judge:
Dissents.
¶ 1 I dissent. I cannot vote to uphold the sentencing of death without first addressing the issue of the constitutionality of executing a mentally retarded person.
¶ 2 This Court should recognize there is a growing list of states that prohibit the executions of mentally retarded pex-sons and that Oklahoma, now presented with this issue, should address this proposition.
¶ 3 The Opinion issued by the majority states that this is an issue only for the legislature. I believe otherwise and am concerned that we failed to address the issue in this case.

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