Legal Opinion
Hooker v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided January 23, 1995No. F-88-915PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHAPEL, Judge:
John Michael Hooker was charged with two counts of First Degree Murder with Malice Aforethought in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.1982, § 701.7, in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CRF-88-1939. Count I charged Hooker with the murder of Sylvia Stokes, and Count II charged Hooker with the murder of Drucilla Morgan. The State filed two Bills of Particulars seeking the death penalty on each count.
A jury trial was held October 24-28, 1988, before the Honorable Leamon Freeman, District Judge. At the conclusion of the first stage of the trial, the jury returned a…
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