Legal Opinion
Kennedy v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided February 3, 1982No. F-79-365PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CORNISH, Judge:
The appellant, John Benjamin Kennedy, Jr., was convicted of Murder in the First Degree in Case No. CRF — 78—2768 in the District Court of Oklahoma County. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Kennedy was tried for the murder of fifteen-year-old Yvonne Jolene McFaddin. The killing occurred on May 81, 1978, sometime after 8 p. m. and before 8:35 p. m. in Room 207 of the King’s Inn Motel at Northwest Tenth and Robinson in downtown Oklahoma City. Earlier that afternoon, a man characterized as McFaddin’s pimp, James Thompson, rented the motel room for her to use. At…
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3Cited by63 opinions
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