Brown v. Sirmons

HENRY, Chief Judge.

An Oklahoma County district court jury convicted Darwin Brown of one count of first-degree murder, OKLA. Stat. tit. 21, § 701.7(A) & (B), and one count of robbery with a dangerous weapon, Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 801. As to the murder conviction, the jury found three aggravating circumstances, and imposed the death penalty. The jury sentenced Mr. Brown to life imprisonment for the robbery conviction. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals (OCCA) affirmed Mr. Brown’s convictions and sentences on direct appeal, see Brown v. State, 989 P.2d 913 (Okla.Crim.App.1998), and also…