Nickelberry v. State

OPINION

BLISS, Presiding Judge:

The appellant, Willie Lee Nickelberry, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged with the crime of Murder and was tried and convicted in the District Court of Oklahoma County for the crime of Manslaughter in the First Degree. He was sentenced to serve a term of twenty-five (25) years in the state penitentiary in accordance with the verdict of the jury, and a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

Briefly stated, the facts are as follows: At approximately 2:15 p. m. on the 21st day of December, 1971, Officer J. S. Jackson of the Oklahoma City…