Boltz v. State

PARKS, Presiding Judge,

specially concurring:

Initially, I feel compelled to address appellant’s sixteenth assignment wherein he contends that the “continuing threat” aggravating circumstance is vague and that Oklahoma has provided no definitive guidance on what must be proved to establish the same. Specifically, I am concerned with the definition of “society” as it relates to this aggravating circumstance and whether the “sheer callousness” in which a murder was committed can support a jury’s finding that a defendant constitutes a continuing threat.

The majority herein correctly states that…