Walton v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

Appellant, Lawrence Walton, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was charged, tried and convicted in the District Court, Tulsa County, Case No. CRF-77-2537, for the offense of Attempted Robbery by Fear, After Former Conviction of a Felony, in violation of 21 O.S.1971, § 791. His punishment was fixed at ten (10) years’ imprisonment. From said judgment and sentence an appeal has been perfected to this Court.

The record reveals that during the early morning hours of September 18, 1977, Merlin Broas was picking up trash in the movie theater of which he was the manager in…