Perez v. State

OPINION

LUMPKIN, Judge:

Appellant Pablino Perez was tried by jury and convicted of Murder in the First Degree in violation of 21 O.S.1981, § 701.7, in Case No. CRF-87-5939 in the District Court of Oklahoma County. The jury recommended a sentence of life imprisonment and the trial court sentenced accordingly. It is from this judgment and sentence that Appellant appeals.

This case concerns the homicide of Padro Onofre, also known as Ormega, by the Appellant, nicknamed Ta Ta by his Cuban friends. The decedent was shot on October 8, 1987, in Apartment No. 8 on Northwest 10th Street in Oklahoma City.…