2023
Supreme Court of Oklahoma | 2023
Decisions IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GEORGES2023 OK 123Case Number: 120989Decided: 12/19/2023 ¶1 James Felts, Appellant, filed a petition to vacate the final decree in a probate case and sought to intervene in the estate of Basil Georges, Decedent, on the theory that he was a pretermitted heir. In response to Appellant’s petition,…
Read MoreOklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals | 2023
Decisions WASHINGTON v. STATE2023 OK CR 22Case Number: F-2021-692Decided: 12/21/2023 ¶1 Appellant, Dominic Washington, appeals his Judgment and Sentence from the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CF-2019-4504, for Count 1, Murder in the First Degree in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2012, § 701.7; and Count 3, Shooting with Intent to Kill in violation of 21 O.S.2011, §…
Read MoreOklahoma Court of Civil Appeals | 2023
Decisions IN RE THE MATTER OF BECK2023 OK CIV APP 47Case Number: 120941Decided: 03/09/2023Mandate Issued: 12/06/2023 ¶1 This case arises from an Order of the trial court that granted summary judgment following the conclusion of a non-jury determination of heirs proceeding. Based on an Acknowledgment of Paternity executed in 1977 by the decedent, Herman Beck,…
Read MoreOklahoma Court of Civil Appeals | Jan. 4, 2023
Decisions GRIGGS v. NEW DOMINION2022 OK CIV APP 42Case Number: 119185Decided: 10/26/2022Mandate Issued: 12/29/2022 ¶1 Plaintiffs Lisa Griggs and April Marler, on behalf of themselves and other Oklahoma citizens similarly situated, appeal the trial court order granting the motions to strike the class allegations in Plaintiffs’ class action petition, motions which were filed by Defendants New…
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