Smith v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUSSEY, Presiding Judge:
The appellant, Larry Dean Smith, was tried before a jury and convicted in the District Court of Ottawa County, Oklahoma, Case No. CRF-77-677, of Murder in the First Degree. He was sentenced to suffer the penalty of death, and appeals.
The charges and conviction stem from the death of Willard Denning, whose charred body was found in the back of his burned pickup camper on September 6, 1977. The camper was parked at a chat dump in Picher, Oklahoma. The appellant admitted subsequent to his arrest that he was present at the time the pickup was set ablaze, but…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited31 opinions
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