Bowie v. State

OPINION

BRETT, Judge:

Appellant, Benito Jerome Bowie, was tried and convicted by a jury for the crime of Murder in the First Degree, in violation of 21 O.S.1981, § 701.7, in Case No. CRF-86-2004, in the District Court of Oklahoma County. The State filed a Bill of Particulars seeking imposition of the death penalty. The jury, however, was unable to unanimously agree on the appropriate punishment, therefore the trial court dismissed the jury and imposed life imprisonment as required by 21 O.S.Supp.1987, § 701.11. From this Judgment and Sentence, appellant has perfected his appeal to this Court.

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