Dennis v. State

LUMPKIN, Vice-Presiding Judge:

concurs in part/dissents in part.

¶ 1 I concur in the Court’s decision to affirm the judgment and sentence in this ease. However, I cannot join in the Court’s lack of discipline as evidenced by its failure to adhere to the doctrine of stare decisis. The Court improperly interprets the Oklahoma Constitution based on a whimsical desire to invoke the constitutional fiat to reach a desired result rather than adhering to a long established logical progression of case law.

¶ 2 The issue in this case concerns a defendant’s right to counsel during custodial interrogation,…