Wishon v. State

ORDER MODIFYING JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE

The petitioner, Frederick Hamilton Wishon, was convicted in the Oklahoma County District Court, Case No. CRF-74-912, of the offense of Murder in the First Degree, in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.1973, § 701.1, and was sentenced to death. An appeal was taken to this Court and the judgment and sentence was affirmed. Wishon v. State, Okl.Cr., 550 P.2d 575 (1976). Petition for rehearing was denied on June 10, 1976, and this Court ordered the petitioner to be executed on September 8, 1976. On July 6, 1976, the United States Supreme Court vacated the death sentence…