Johnson v. State

OPINION

PARKS, Judge:

James Norvell Johnson, appellant, was tried by jury and convicted of First Degree Murder [21 O.S.Supp.1982, § 701.7], in Case No. CRF-84-5639, in the District Court of Oklahoma County, the Honorable James B. Blevins, District Judge, presiding. The jury assessed punishment at life imprisonment. Judgment and sentence was imposed in accordance with the jury’s verdict. We affirm.

Shortly after midnight on October 3, 1984, the victim, Frank Faulkner, purchased a bottle of gin and a bottle of wine at the Moonlight Cafe in Oklahoma City, at which time he flashed a large roll of…