McGrew v. State

JONES, Presiding Judge.

The defendant, Bennie Westley McGrew, a 17 year old youth, was jointly charged with a foster brother, Kenneth James Brewer, age 16, with the crime of murder. A severance was granted, McGrew was tried, convicted of manslaughter in the first degree and pursuant to the verdict of the jury sentenced to serve a term of 20 years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

The alleged murder involved the death of Thomas Harris, an 18 month old infant. The parents of the Harris infant worked in Oklahoma City and for about two and one-half months prior to the death of their infant son,…