Landrum v. State

OPINION

BRETT, Judge.

Plaintiff in Error, Gordon T. Landrum, hereafter referred to as defendant, was charged by information in the District Court of Choctaw County, Oklahoma,- with the crime of Murder; the information specifically alleging that the defendant caused the death of one Johnnie Hicks, by stabbing him with a knife in the throat. The crime took place on February 1, 1968, in Choctaw County.

The defendant was tried on September 30, 1968, before the Honorable Howard Phillips, District Judge. The jury returned a verdict finding defendant Guilty of the lesser included offense of…