Jordan v. State

OPINION

BRETT, Presiding Judge:

Elvis Jordan, a/k/a Elvis Starks, appellant, was tried in Logan County District Court for Murder in the First Degree (21 O.S.Supp.1987, § 701.7), Case No. CRF-83-69. The jury sentenced appellant to life imprisonment. It is from this judgment and sentence that appellant appeals.

On June 25, 1983, Lawrence Lewis died from stab wounds inflicted by the appellant. Ms. Dorothy Berryman, the only eyewitness, testified that during a visit to her home appellant stabbed her son.

The appellant’s first contention of error is that the misapplication of the Oklahoma Uniform Jury…