2 Juvenile Case Briefs
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2 Juvenile Case Briefs
...104 (1982)/ Centiorari To The Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma/No. 80-5727
The Issue Presented : Whether or not to uphold the ruling of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, which held that the mitigating factors in the petitioner's life were insufficient to outweigh the heinous and intentional nature of the offense and that the death penalty sentence should be carried out. Relevant facts : On April 4, 1977, Eddings, a 16-year-old, and several of his companions, left their Missouri homes in a car owned by Eddings' brother. Eddings had taken several guns owned by his fatherluding a shotgun, and these were also in the car. Officer Crabtree of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol signaled Eddings to pull over after the car was observed moving erratically. Eddings pulled over, but as the officer approached the vehicle, Eddings opened fire on the officer with the shotgun, killing him.
The Oklahoma court agreed with the prosecution that Eddings could probably not be rehabilitated within the juvenile system and granted a...
