Hedgepath v. State

OPINION

CORNISH, Presiding Judge:

The appellant, Martin Earl Hedgepath, was tried on a charge of First Degree Murder and convicted on the lesser included offense of Manslaughter in the First Degree on October 21, 1977, in the District Court of Tulsa County, Case No. CRF-77-1401. In accordance with the jury verdict, he was sentenced to thirty-five (35) years’ imprisonment. •

Testimony revealed that the appellant struck the victim with a two and a half foot machete on June 4, 1977, virtually severing the victim’s head, causing death. The incident occurred outside the Star Bar on First Street in…