Wilkey v. State

SUMMARY OPINION

LANE, Judge.

¶ 1 Douglas Clayton Wilkey was tried by jury and convicted of First Degree Murder in the Commission of First Degree Arson (21 O.S.1991, § 701.7(B)) in Tulsa County District Court Case No. CF-94-213.1 The jury set punishment at life imprisonment and the trial judge imposed this sentence. In this perfected appeal Wilkey raises the following propositions of error which we will address in order:

1. Failure to appoint a special prosecutor violated the Oklahoma Rules of Professional Conduct and denied the defendant a fair trial;

2. Defense counsel was not given adequate…