Oxendine v. State

The plaintiffs in error, Eddie Oxendine (alias Don Locklear) and James Spence, hereinafter referred to as defendants, were charged by information in the District Court of Comanche County with the crime of Murder. They were tried before a jury who found them guilty and assessed their punishment at death by electrocution.

The record reveals that Reggie N. Zimmerman and Ruth Zimmerman, his wife, were living in an apartment above a war surplus store near Lawton where Mr. Zimmerman worked in the capacity of assistant manager. That about 9 p. m. on the night of the alleged murder, Mr. Zimmerman,…