Rice v. State

OPINION

BRETT, Judge.

Appellant, Lorelei Lee Rice, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged in the District Court, Choctaw County, Case No. CRF-75-54, with the offense of Murder in the Second Degree, in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.1973, § 701.2. The case was tried to a jury, and a verdict of guilty of First Degree Manslaughter was returned. Punishment was assessed at twelve (12) years’ imprisonment. From said judgment and sentence a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

Elmer C. Chesier, night patrolman for the town of Boswell, Oklahoma, stated that he knew the defendant, and…