Cruse v. State

OPINION

LILE, Vice Presiding Judge.

1 1 Appellant, Jason Leon Cruse, was con-viected at jury trial of First Degree Malice Aforethought Murder (21 O.S8.Supp.1998 § 701.7) in the District Court of Murray County, Case No. CF-2000-105. The jury was unable to recommend a sentence. The Honorable John H. Scaggs, District Judge, sentenced Appellant to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, suspending the "without the possibility of parole" portion of the sentence. Appellant has perfected his appeal to this Court.

1 2 Appellant, age 21, had just served as a pallbearer at his grandfather's…