Smith v. State

OPINION

CORNISH, Judge:

The appellant, Randy Eugene Smith, was convicted in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Casé No. CRF-79-1879, for Murder in the Second Degree. He was sentenced to twenty-five (25) years’ imprisonment.

On May 2, 1979, Rachel Poppell and Polly Anna Hoffman, the deceased, were taking their nightly walk to the nearby Circle K convenience store. As they conversed, Pop-pell testified that she heard a “boom.” Looking up, she saw Hoffman “glued” to the right front fender of a speeding car. The car carried Hoffman twenty-five (25) feet. The car fled the scene. Hoffman suffered…