Legal Opinion
Childress v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided May 22, 2000No. F 97-1471PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
0 P I N I O N
JOHNSON, Judge:
¶ 1 James Charles Childress was tried by a jury in the District Court of Sequoyah County, Case No. CF 96-292, before the Honorable John C. Garrett, District Judge. Appellant was found guilty of first degree murder (Count 1), in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.1997, § 701.7, and larceny of a domestic animal (Count 2), in violation of 21 O.S.1991, § 1716.1 The jury fixed punishment at ten (10) years' imprisonment on Count 2. After finding the murder was committed for the purpose of avoiding arrest or prosecution, the jury set punishment on Count 1 at death. The trial court…
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