Welch v. State

0 P I N I O N

STRUBHAR, Presiding Judge:

T1 Frank Duane Welch, hereinafter Appellant, was tried by jury and convicted of Murder in the first degree (21 O.S8.Supp. 1982, § 701.7(A)), in the District Court of Cleveland County, Case No. CF-97-247, the Honorable Tom A. Lucas, District Judge, presiding. The jury recommended death after finding the murder was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel and that Appellant constituted a continuing threat to society 1 The trial court sentenced Appellant accordingly. From this Judgment and Sentence, he appeals. 2

FACTS

T2 On February 25, 1987, Tracy Cooper…