Barnett v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Presiding Judge:

Appellant, Calvin Barnett, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried and convicted in the District Court, Tulsa County, Case No. CRF-74-187, for the offense of First Degree Murder, in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.1974, § 701.1, ¶ 2. In accordance with the provisions of 21 O.S.Supp. 1974, § 701.3, the defendant was thereafter sentenced to suffer death, and from said judgment and sentence a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

The State’s first witness was Officer Sam Cox, a Tulsa Police Officer, who testified that at 9:24 a. m. on the 18th…