Marshall v. State

OPINION

Appellant, Ernest Clifford Marshall, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged and tried in the District Court, Tulsa County, Case No. CRF-73-2264, for the offense of Murder in the Second Degree. He was convicted of the lesser, included offense of Manslaughter in the First Degree, in violation of 21 O.S.1971, § 711. His punishment was fixed at Fifteen (15) years’ imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. From said judgment and sentence, a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

The State’s first witness was Mark Fields, an officer of the Tulsa Police Department. Officer…