In Re Opinion of Judges

Citations

• 118 P. 156
• 6 Okla. Crim. 210
• 1911 OK CR 287
• 1911 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 419

Syllabus

<p>COURTS — Advisory Opinions — Scope. An opinion of the Criminal Oonrt of Appeals, in response to the Governor’s requirement, as authorized by Snyder’s Comp. Laws 1909, sec. 6928, upon a statement showing a conviction requiring judgment of death, is an advisory opinion of the judges, where an appeal has not been taken from the judgment; the scope of the question being whether there has been an observation of all the formalities of law essential to the taking .of human life, and whether the trial, conviction, and sentence of death have been in accordance with the law of the land.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>