Legal Opinion
Brewer v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided April 18, 1986No. F-83-677PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*359OPINION
BRETT, Judge:
The appellant, Benjamin Brewer, was convicted of First Degree Murder (21 O.S. 1981, § 701.7) and sentenced to death in Tulsa County District Court, Case No. CRF-78-2137, in 1979. This Court reversed the conviction on appeal because appellant had not received a fair trial. Brewer v. State, 650 P.2d 54 (Okl.Cr.1982). Upon retrial, appellant was again convicted of First Degree Murder and again sentenced to death. We affirm.
Karen Joyce Stapleton was found murdered in her Tulsa County apartment on August 17, 1978. She had died as a result of twenty stab wounds. Physical…
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3Cited by63 opinions
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