Young v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Presiding Judge:

Lonnie Leon Young was convicted in McCurtain County District Court of Mur*417der in the Second Degree and Armed Robbery. Sentences were imposed of life imprisonment and 200 years’ imprisonment, respectively.

By his own admissions, appellant and two other men went to the home of their victims, Roy and Inez Manuel, on the evening of August 28, 1981, armed with a sawed-off shotgun, in order to rob them. They forced their way into the house and tied each victim in separate bedrooms. Three days later, Inez Manuel was found dead with each limb still tied to the four…