Curliss v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
1Opinion of the Court
*561OPINION
BUSSEY, Presiding Judge:
Ben Faron Curliss was charged, tried and convicted for First Degree Murder, in Oklahoma County District Court, Case No. CRF-81-4649, wherein, the death penalty was sought. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and on appeal raises five assignments of error. For a full recital of the facts, see Kelley v. State, 692 P.2d 563 (Okl.Cr. 1984) and Vining v. State, 675 P.2d 469 (Okl.Cr.1984). It suffices to say that strong circumstantial evidence established that the appellant participated with Kelley and Yining in the brutal stabbing death of Bobby Gene Lykins, a…
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Renfro v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
- Hays v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
- Coleman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1983
- Campbell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1981
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- Ake v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1989
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- Kelly v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1984
- Pickens v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2001
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