# Salazar v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · December 30, 1998 · 70 O.B.A.J. 165

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9568275

## Case

- **Full name:** Maximo Lee SALAZAR, Appellant, v. STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
- **Decided:** December 30, 1998
- **Citations:** 70 O.B.A.J. 165; 973 P.2d 315; 1998 OK CR 70; 1998 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 72; 1998 WL 917039
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Strubhar
- **Judges:** Johnson, Chapel, Strubhar, Lumpkin, Lane
- **Cited by:** 18 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9568275

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- 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"
- 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”

## Opinion text

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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