Liles v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

Daniel Gene Liles was convicted by a jury of Murder in the First Degree and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Appellant, his brother, and appellant’s girl friend came to Oklahoma City looking for work. His girl friend, Gail Connors, went to work in a club where she met the decedent, Joe Yarbrough. Appellant’s brother, Mark Liles, made a statement to the police investigating the homicide. Mark had asked Gail to lure decedent to the motel room where the three were staying so he could hit Yarbrough and take his money. Mark told the police that his brother knew nothing of the…