Horton v. State

915 P.2d 352 (1996)

Thomas D. HORTON, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Oklahoma, Appellee.

No. 81762.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

January 23, 1996.

Rehearing Denied May 3, 1996.

Kent F. Frates, Laura Haag McConnell and Melanie J. Jester, Oklahoma City, for Appellant,

Susan B. Loving, Attorney General of Oklahoma and W. Craig Sutter, Assistant Attorney General, Oklahoma City, for Appellee.

WATT, Justice.

FACTS

On February 7, 1991, plaintiff, Thomas D. Horton, was an inmate in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. He was working at Lake Murray State Park in a Department of Corrections approved…