Cooks v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PARKS, Presiding Judge.
The appellant, CORNEL COOKS, was convicted of Murder in the First Degree pursuant to 21 O.S.1981, § 701.7(B) in the Comanche County District Court, Case No. CRF-82-812. Appellant was tried by a jury along with co-defendant Rodney Mad-son Masters, a/k/a William Wallace Troxell, before the Honorable William M. Roberts, District Judge. The jury found the appellant guilty of Murder in the First Degree and recommended a sentence of death. The trial court entered judgment and sentence in accord with the jury verdict. We affirm.
Jennie Ridling, a disabled…
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