Brown v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PARKS, Judge:
The appellant, Ralph L. Brown, was tried by jury in Pittsburg County District Court, Case No. CRF-84-278, and convicted of First Degree Malice Aforethought Murder (21 O.S.Supp.1982, § 701.7), before the Honorable Steven W. Taylor, Associate District Judge. The jury found that the murder was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel, and recommended a sentence of death. Judgment and sentence was imposed in accordance with the jury’s verdict. We modify the death sentence to life imprisonment and otherwise affirm.
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