Johnson v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Presiding Judge:

The appellant, Harry Bernard Johnson, Jr., was convicted in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CRF-82-3470, of First Degree Murder, was sentenced to life imprisonment, and he appeals.

The uncontroverted evidence presented at trial established that on the evening of July 12, 1982, the appellant shot and killed his step-daughter, Marion Kay Stidham, and then attempted to commit suicide in the parking lot outside his Oklahoma City apartment.

Testimony of witnesses appearing both for the State and the defense showed that over a period of time prior to the…