Scott v. State

OPINION

PARKS, Judge:

On appeal from his conviction of Murder In The First Degree, Case No. CRF-82-171, and sentence of life imprisonment from the District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, the appellant, Cortez Dewayne Scott, hereinafter referred to as defendant, raises one assignment of error. The facts of the case are as follows:

Briefly stated, the testimony at trial discloses that on January 13, 1982, Cortez Scott went to Ernest Ware’s home to ask Ware to fix the ejection system in appellant’s 12 gauge shotgun. Ware test fired the shotgun and determined what was causing the shotgun to jam.…