Legal Opinion
Postelle v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided December 29, 2011No. D-2008-934PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
A. JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.
§1 Appellant Gilbert Ray Postelle was tried by jury and convicted in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CF-2005-4759, of four counts of First Degree Murder (Counts 1-4), in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2004, § 701.7, and one count of Conspiracy to Commit a Felony (Count 5), in violation of 21 O.S.2001 § 421.1 The jury imposed the death penalty on Counts 1 and 4 after finding that Postelle created a great risk of death to more than one person and that each of those murders was especially heinous, atrocious or eruel. 21 O.S.2001, § 701.12(2) & (4).…
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