Legal Opinion
Lewis v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided October 19, 1984No. F-83-354PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BRETT, Judge:
The appellant, Mark Eugene Lewis, was convicted in Tulsa County District Court, *529Case No. CRF-81-1315, of Murder in the First Degree, 21 O.S.1981, § 701.7(A). The appellant waived his right to a jury trial, and was tried before the Honorable Joe Jennings, District Judge, who sentenced him to life imprisonment. He appeals, and we reverse and remand for a new trial.
The dispositive issue on this appeal is one of first impression in our jurisdiction, to-wit: whether a defendant’s waiver of his rights to counsel and against self-incrimination is knowingly and intelligently made…
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