Houck v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Presiding Judge:

■ Appellant, William Lawson Houck, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was charged, tried and convicted in the District Court, Tulsa County, Case No. CRF-76-631, for the offense of Murder in the Second Degree in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.1973, § 701.2. His sentence was fixed at an indeterminate term of ten (10) years to life imprisonment in accordance with the statute. From said judgment and sentence, an appeal has been filed with this Court.

From the testimony and evidence presented at trial, the State’s case was as follows. On March 8, 1976, the victim,…