Legal Opinion
Burrows v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided January 20, 1982No. F-78-40PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUSSEY, Judge:
William R. Burrows, was charged, tried and convicted for the offense of Murder in the First Degree, in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CRF-77-2769, and was sentenced to death.
On August 1, 1977, William R. Burrows and his spouse were engaged in a domestic dispute arising out of the defendant’s drinking problem. When she threatened to leave him and take their eighteen (18) month old son with her, Burrows, according to his confession, seized a .25 caliber Browning semi-automatic pistol, and shot her in their bedroom. He continued to shoot her until she…
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