COFFMAN v. STATE

COFFMAN v. STATE

2022 OK CR 23

Case Number: F-2018-1268

Decided: 09/29/2022

STEWART WAYNE COFFMAN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Appellee

Cite as: 2022 OK CR 23, __ __

OPINION

LUMPKIN, JUDGE:

¶1 Appellant Stewart Wayne Coffman was tried by jury and convicted of First Degree Manslaughter (21 O.S.2011, § 711

¶2 Appellant raises the following propositions of error in support of his appeal:

I. Mr. Joe Battiest, the victim in this case, is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Indian Tribe, and the crime occurred within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Choctaw Nation. As such, the State courts lack…