Legal Opinion
Liles v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided September 13, 1985No. F-83-427PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUSSEY, Judge:
Mark Roy Liles was convicted of Murder in the First Degree in Oklahoma County District Court. Punishment was assessed as death by lethal injection.
On August 29, 1982, appellant told police officer Larry Koonce that he killed Joe Yarbrough on August 27,1982, as part of a robbery plot. Appellant had come to Oklahoma City from West Virginia with his brother Daniel Liles, and Daniel’s girlfriend, Gail Conner. Mark had asked Gail to bring Yarbrough to the motel room so he could knock him in the head and rob him. Gail had met Yarbrough at a club where she worked for two days…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Eddings v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by86 opinions
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