Harris v. State

BUSSEY, Presiding Judge:

James Earl Harris, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, with the offense of Murder; he was convicted of the crime of Manslaughter in the First Degree. His punishment was fixed at one hundred (100) years imprisonment, and from said judgment and sentence, a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

At the trial, Marshall Devers testified that on the afternoon of March 15, 1971, he was at 2001 North Wisconsin in Oklahoma City. He, Tommy Gibson, John Russell and the defendant “kidded around while and…