Opinion

Salazar v. State

  • 70 O.B.A.J. 165
  • 973 P.2d 315
  • 1998 OK CR 70
  • 1998 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 72
  • 1998 WL 917039
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Filed
Dec 30, 1998
Status
Published
Author
Strubhar
On the bench
Johnson, Chapel, Strubhar, Lumpkin, Lane
Cited by
18 cases

noting that despite Crawford, Perry, and Cheney, "[t]he Court's analysis and application of Poland in Salazar . . . represents this Court's current position on this issue"

How later courts described this case

  • noting that despite Crawford, Perry, and Cheney, "[t]he Court's analysis and application of Poland in Salazar . . . represents this Court's current position on this issue"
  • argument that "fitting end is the death penalty" not improper argument

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

STRUBHAR, Vice Presiding Judge:

concurs in results.

¶ 1 I concur in results only for reason of stare decisis. I continue to believe that a trial court should provide a meaningful answer to questions from the jury when they ask about the meaning of life without parole.

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