Dandridge v. State

OPINION

BLISS, Presiding Judge:

Appellant, Jimmie Ben Dandridge, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged and tried in the District Court, Tulsa County, Case No. CRF-72-1723, for the offense of Murder. Defendant was convicted of First Degree Manslaughter, with his punishment being fixed at twenty-three (23) years imprisonment, and from said judgment and sentence, an appeal has been perfected to this Court.

Briefly stated, the evidence adduced at the trial reflects that the decedent, Bess Moss, was found dead at her residence on September 10, 1972. The cause of death was determined to…