Legal Opinion
Thompson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided August 29, 1986No. F-84-29PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRETT, Judge:
Having been certified to stand trial as an adult, William Wayne Thompson was tried for First Degree Murder [21 O.S.1981, § 701.7(A)] in Grady County District Court, Case No. CRF-83-45. The jury found him guilty as charged and fixed his punishment at death. Judgment and sentence were rendered accordingly and appellant appeals. We affirm.
The evidence at trial showed that appellant, his brother Anthony James Mann, Bobby Glass, and Richard Jones murdered Charles Keene, the appellant’s former brother-in-law, in the early morning hours of January 23, 1983. Keene was shot once in…
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3Cited by49 opinions
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