Legal Opinion
Smallwood v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided October 13, 1995No. F-93-514PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LANE, Judge:
Appellant, Dion Athanasius Smallwood, was charged with murder in the first degree (Malice Aforethought) and third degree arson. He was convicted May 13,1993 on both counts after a two-stage jury trial in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CF-92-809 before the Honorable Leamon Freeman, District Judge. After the sentencing stage proceeding, the jury recommended Appellant be sentenced to death on the murder charge and 15 years and fined $10,000.00 for the arson. The trial court sentenced accordingly. Appellant appeals, challenging both the guilty verdicts and the…
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